Mindfulness for Emerging Adults Experiencing Anxious and/or Depressive Symptoms

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

55 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-14

Study Completion Date

2019-05-01

Brief Summary

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Emerging adults (EA; 18 to 29 years old) in Canada are among the age group with highest risk of developing mental health issues. Despite this, they experience especially long wait-times for mental health services. To date, there has been minimal research into developmentally appropriate treatment options for the EA population. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are emerging as a potential treatment to address this need. MBIs are group-based psychological treatments for coping with distress, with the goal of improving mental health. Unfortunately, these 'traditional' MBIs are very demanding in terms of time and homework and are therefore not sufficiently feasible for the demanding schedules of EA university students. Instead, recent studies suggest a role for briefer MBIs in addressing mental health symptom burden, well-being and reducing acute stress symptoms. The brevity of these interventions make them theoretically better suited for EA university populations. High quality research, including controlled clinical trials are needed to demonstrate whether MBIs can provide efficacious treatment to improve the lives of EA university students. The current study will test the efficacy of a five-week MBI baseline within-subject controlled trial.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Depressive Symptoms Anxious Symptoms

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Mindfulness-based Intervention

5 week, manual-based group MBI treatment for depressive and anxious symptoms

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness-based Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

MBI will be delivered in group format, 90 minutes per week, for 5 consecutive weeks with 6-15 participants per group.

Interventions

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Mindfulness-based Intervention

MBI will be delivered in group format, 90 minutes per week, for 5 consecutive weeks with 6-15 participants per group.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* consenting Emerging Adults
* Ability to communicate, in written and spoken English

Exclusion Criteria

* Minimal depressive and anxious symptoms (score below 10 and 8 on the PHQ-9/GAD-7
* Current substance abuse or dependence, psychosis or mania
* Current self-injurious behavior of past suicide attempt
* Previously completed \>4 weeks of an MBI, or general Cognitive behavioral Therapy, in the past 3 years

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

29 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No