Computer Assisted Family Intervention to Treat Self-Harm Disparities in Latinas and Sexual/Gender Minority Youth

This study enhances an original Computer Assisted Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CA CIFFTA) to directly address key targets related to self-harm behavior (e.g., depression, emotion dysregulation, LGBT, culture-related stressors, and trauma-related stressors); (b) refines the technological aspects of CA CIFFTA for web-based delivery; and (c) tests the preliminary efficacy of the new intervention and its delivery system in a randomized trial of 100 Hispanic adolescents and their parents. The investigators seek to reduce risk for repeated self-harm by showing treatment effects on depression, emotion regulation, substance use, and family functioning. Participants are randomly assigned to CA CIFFTA or Treatment-As-Usual and treatment covers a four month period.