DRKS00003605.

Study name	Title: Short‐term psychotherapeutic treatment in adolescents engaging in non‐suicidal self‐injury: a randomised controlled trial
Methods	Not known
Participants	Inclusion criteria: Participants aged between 12 and 17 years Participants who name nonsuicidal self‐injury in terms of snags and burn injuries and similar injuries in at least 5 cases in the last 6 months by means of a structured clinical interview. The last nonsuicidal self‐injury should not date back longer than a month.
Interventions	The used short‐term treatment programme called “The Cutting Down‐Program” is a manualised short‐term therapy, which is designed for 8 to 12 therapy sessions. It includes elements of the cognitive‐behavioural therapy but also elements of the dialectic‐behavioural therapy.
Outcomes	Primary outcomes: Frequency of nonsuicidal self‐injury, measured with the Self‐Injurous Thoughts and Behaviours Interview‐German (SITBI‐G) at baseline (before therapy), post‐line (directly after therapy), follow‐up (6 months after therapy) and follow‐up 2 (24‐48 months after baseline)
Starting date	17 September 2010
Contact information	Name: Mr Dr Michael Kaess Address: Klinik für Kinder‐ und Jugendpsychiatrie Psychosoziales Zentrum Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Blumenstraße 8, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany E‐mail: michael.kaess at med.uni‐heidelberg.de Telephone: 06221‐566914
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