TREATme arises from nationally funded research groups and brings together researchers, clinicians, non-governmental organizations, and policy makers.
About the project
The COST Action TREATme is a pan-European multidisciplinary network with participants from Europe and beyond, focusing on an urgent topic in psychotherapy research. The Action promotes coordinated and collaborative research activities and funding applications on personalized treatment for young people with mental health problems in Europe.
50% of lifetime mental health disorders start by the age of 14, and the number increases to 75% by the age of 24. Mental disorders in youth are associated with direct and indirect costs including personal distress, costs to family and friends, high healthcare costs, barriers to employment and job performance, poverty and economic deprivation and social exclusion.
Psychotherapy works for the most frequent mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. Different psychotherapy modalities work on average equally well. However, little is known about how different treatment modalities work and for whom. Thus, empirically informed individualized treatment cannot be delivered.
Objectives
The main aim of TREATme is to establish a sustainable European multidisciplinary researcher network focusing on individualized psychotherapy for young people with mental disorders.
Further, the aims are to exchange and disseminate specific knowledge about important factors that will improve outcome in different youth psychotherapy modes, as well as about how to best design psychotherapy studies that can increase knowledge about what works for whom and how in youth psychotherapy.
The Action reviews the state of the art and identifies putative specific markers and mechanisms of change in different psychotherapy modalities, as well as suitable psychotherapy process and treatment measures, and study designs.
Research capacity increases by supporting a high proportion of Early Careers Investigators (ECI) and especially female and Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITC) researchers. Shared knowledge is disseminated to policy makers and stakeholders.
The Action will run for 4 years, from 2017 to 2021, but the collaboration will continue after the end of the Action.
Financing
The Action is funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), a funding organisation for research and innovation networks.
Cooperation
The participating parties in the Action TREATme consists of 30 European countries.
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Publications
Gergov, Vera; Prevendar, Tamara; Vousoura, Eleni; Ulberg, Randi; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen & Feller, Clémence [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2023). Sociodemographic Predictors and Moderators of Treatment Outcomes of Psychotherapeutic Interventions for Young People with Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review. Adolescent Research Review. ISSN 2363-8346. doi: 10.1007/s40894-023-00228-6.
Taubner, Svenja; Ioannou, Yianna; Saliba, Andrea; Sales, Célia M. D.; Volkert, Jana & Protić, Sonja [Vis alle 21 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2023). Mediators of outcome in adolescent psychotherapy and their implications for theories and mechanisms of change: a systematic review. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. ISSN 1018-8827. doi: 10.1007/s00787-023-02186-9.
Gergov, Vera; Milic, Branka; Löffler-Stastka, Henriette; Ulberg, Randi; Vousoura, Eleni & Poulsen, Stig (2022). Psychological Interventions for Young People With Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychiatry. ISSN 1664-0640. 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.859042. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Pietrabissa, Giada; Schmidt, Stefanie Julia; Loeffler-Stastka, Henriette & Ulberg, Randi (2022). Editorial: Individualized Psychotherapy Treatment of Young People With Mental Disorders. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 13. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.838296.
Pietrabissa, Giada; Scmidt, Stefanie Julia; Loefler-Statska, Henriette & Ulberg, Randi (2022). Individualized Psychotherapy Treatment of Young People with Mental Disorders. Frontiers in Psychology. ISBN 978-2-88974-348-3. 155 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Conejo-Cerón, Sonia; Taubner, Svenja; Heinonen, Erkki; Adler, Asta; Barkauskiene, Rasa & Di Giacomo, Dina [Vis alle 21 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Mediators in Psychological Treatments for Anxiety and Depression in Adolescents and Young People: A Protocol of a Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 12, s. 1–7. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.708436. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Mestre, Jose M.; Taubner, Svenja; Mota, Catarina Pinheiro; Rangel Henriques, Margarida; Saliba, Andrea & Heinonen, Erkki [Vis alle 21 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Theories of Change and Mediators of Psychotherapy Effectiveness in Adolescents With Externalising Behaviours: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychiatry. ISSN 1664-0640. 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.730921. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Taubner, Svenja; Saliba, Andrea; Heinonen, Erkki; Protić, Sonja; Volkert, Jana & Adler, Asta [Vis alle 21 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Mediators and theories of change in psychotherapy with adolescents: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. ISSN 2044-6055. 11(3). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042411. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Sales, Célia M. D.; Martins, Filipa; Alves, Marisa M.; Carletto, Sara; Conejo-Cerón, Sonia & da Silva, Luis Costa [Vis alle 22 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Patient and Public Involvement in Youth Mental Health Research: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Practices and Impact. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703624. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Vousoura, Eleni; Gergov, Vera; Tulbure, Bogdan Tudor; Camilleri, Nigel; Saliba, Andrea & Garcia-Lopez, LuisJoaquin [Vis alle 16 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Predictors and moderators of outcome of psychotherapeutic interventions for mental disorders in adolescents and young adults: protocol for systematic reviews. Systematic Reviews. ISSN 2046-4053. 10(1), s. 1–14. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01788-1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Volkert, Jana; Taubner, Svenja; Barkauskiene, Rasa; Mestre, Jose M.; Sales, Célia M. D. & Thiele, Vanessa [Vis alle 22 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Mediators and Theories of Change in Psychotherapy for Young People With Personality Disorders: A Systematic Review Protocol. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 12, s. 1–7. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.703095. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Edbrooke-Childs, Julian; Costa da Silva, Luís; Čuš, Anja; Liverpool, Shaun; Mota, Catarina Pinheiro & Pietrabissa, Giada [Vis alle 11 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2021). Young People Who Meaningfully Improve Are More Likely to Mutually Agree to End Treatment. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641770. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Cielo, Federica; Ulberg, Randi & Di Giacomo, Dina (2021). Psychological impact of the covid-19 outbreak on mental health outcomes among youth: A rapid narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). ISSN 1661-7827. 18(11), s. 1–15. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18116067. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Liverpool, Shaun; Mota, Catarina Pinheiro; Sales, Célia M D; Čuš, Anja; Carletto, Sara & Hancheva, Camellia [Vis alle 14 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2020). Engaging Children and Young People in Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review of Modes of Delivery, Facilitators, and Barriers. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN 1438-8871. 22(6), s. 1–17. doi: 10.2196/16317. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Ulberg, Randi & Morgan, Nicholas (2020). Looking after your mental health when self-isolating, for young people.
Ulberg, Randi & Morgan, Nicholas (2020). Looking after your mental health when physical distancing, for young people.
