A Mental Health Services Engagement Program for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults

NCT ID: NCT06508450

Last Updated: 2025-03-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-12-18

Study Completion Date

2027-03-31

Brief Summary

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Researchers aim to test a brief culturally-responsive young adult orientation program for community mental health services. They will conduct a 24-month randomized trial with 80 young adults from racial and ethnic minority groups in a community-based mental health clinic.

Detailed Description

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The study objective is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of three new culturally-responsive components added to the brief young adult engagement intervention called Just Do You. The new components incorporate techniques from the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) and creative arts therapy to increase culturally-responsive content in Just Do You, which demonstrated evidence of keeping young adults connected to their treatment in a prior trial. Components are designed to elicit relevant cultural characteristics, experiences, and perspectives of diverse young adults enrolled in psychiatric rehabilitation as part of the Just Do You orientation program. The investigators will examine whether the new culturally-responsive components improve engagement in mental health services and increase service utilization.

A total of 80 young adults enrolled in an outpatient psychiatric rehabilitation program in New York will be recruited over 24 months to take part in a randomized full factorial pilot trial. Participants will be given a baseline assessment and randomly assigned to one of eight combinations of intervention components. Just Do You will be delivered first to all participants, with the assigned combination of new components to follow. The intervention will be delivered at the psychiatric rehabilitation program and will last up to five weeks for each participant, depending on the experimental condition. Outcome measures will be assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and 3-month follow up.

Conditions

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Psychosis Bipolar and Related Disorders Depressive Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Just Do You

Just Do You Core Intervention

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Just Do You-A

Just Do You plus Component A

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Component A

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses participant cultural identities and how they may be barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services.

Just Do You-B

Just Do You plus Component B

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Component B

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses identity-based motivations for on-going engagement with services and hope for the future.

Just Do You-C

Just Do You plus Component C

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Component C

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses community and environmental barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services and self-efficacy.

Just Do You-AB

Just Do You plus Components A and B

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Component A

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses participant cultural identities and how they may be barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services.

Component B

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses identity-based motivations for on-going engagement with services and hope for the future.

Just Do You-AC

Just Do You plus Components A and C

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Component A

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses participant cultural identities and how they may be barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services.

Component C

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses community and environmental barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services and self-efficacy.

Just Do You-CB

Just Do You plus Components C and B

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Component B

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses identity-based motivations for on-going engagement with services and hope for the future.

Component C

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses community and environmental barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services and self-efficacy.

Just Do You-ABC

Just Do You plus Components A B and C

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Just Do You

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Component A

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses participant cultural identities and how they may be barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services.

Component B

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses identity-based motivations for on-going engagement with services and hope for the future.

Component C

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Content addresses community and environmental barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services and self-efficacy.

Interventions

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Just Do You

Just Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Component A

Content addresses participant cultural identities and how they may be barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Component B

Content addresses identity-based motivations for on-going engagement with services and hope for the future.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Component C

Content addresses community and environmental barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services and self-efficacy.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18-34
* From groups other than non-Hispanic White
* Enrolled in services at the partnering clinic site

Exclusion Criteria

* Cognitive impairments (i.e., young adult cannot understand consent process)
* Unable to comprehend and speak English
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

34 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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New York University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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The Jewish Board

The Bronx, New York, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Kiara L Moore, PhD

Role: CONTACT

212-998-5900

Facility Contacts

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Christina Mango

Role: primary

718-282-3425

References

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Moore KL, Rodwin AH, Gwadz M, Chang DF, Collins LM, Munson MR. A Brief Engagement Intervention Adapted for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults in Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Pilot Optimization Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jun 17;14:e68885. doi: 10.2196/68885.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40527500 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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K23MH132814

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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