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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mental Health Peer-Led Education

NCT01297985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 428

Last updated 2020-01-18

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Summary

This randomized controlled trial tests the efficacy of a mental health peer-led educational intervention called BRIDGES (Building Recovery of Individual Dreams and Goals through Education and Support). The BRIDGES program is a 10-week, manualized education course designed to provide basic information about the etiology and treatment of mental illness, self-help skills, and recovery principles in order to empower participants to return to valued social roles within their communities. BRIDGES is a peer-led program and all instructors are adults with mental illnesses. For study purposes, the 10-week course was modified to 8-weeks, meeting 2 1/2 hours once a week.

Hypothesis #1: Compared to wait-list controls, intervention participants will report increased feelings of psychological empowerment.

Hypothesis #2: Compared to wait-list controls, intervention participants will report increased feelings of hopefulness.

Hypothesis #3: Compared to wait-list controls, intervention participants will report enhanced coping ability.

Hypothesis #4: Compared to wait-list controls, intervention participants will report enhanced recovery.

Hypothesis #5: Compared to wait-list controls, intervention participants will report greater ability to advocate for themselves with health care providers.

Hypothesis #6: Compared to wait-list controls, those in the BRIDGES education course will report increased knowledge of the causes and treatment of mental illness and recovery principles.

Conditions

  • Mental Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BRIDGES Peer-Led Education

The BRIDGES program is a 10-week, manualized education course designed to provide basic education about the etiology and treatment of mental illness, self-help skills, and recovery principles in order to empower participants to return to valued social roles within their communities. BRIDGES is a peer-led program and all instructors are adults with mental illnesses. For this intervention study, the BRIDGES curriculum was modified from a week course to an 8-week course, meeting for 2 1/2 hours once a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

    collaborator FED

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Judith A Cook, PhD · Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Susan A Pickett, PhD · Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-02-28
Completion
2010-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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