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Strong Minds for Mental Health

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Margarita Alegria, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after baseline

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial tests the STRONG MINDS model, which uses community health workers to support low-income racial/ethnic and linguistic minority adults with moderate to severe depression or anxiety. The goal is to improve their mental health by providing culturally appropriate care in their language.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after baseline

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after baseline

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months after baseline for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Engagement in MH (change)

Functioning: WHODAS 2.0 (change)

Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25 (change)

+1 more

Secondary study objectives

CAT-MH (including CAT-SA for substance) (change)

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Strong Minds ProgramExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

This is a 10-session, culturally-adapted intervention, that includes cognitive behavioral therapy techniques combined with mindfulness exercises, led by a Community Health Worker.

Group II: Enhanced Usual CareExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Enhanced usual care includes check in calls by a Care Manager 4 times over the course of 6 months and educational materials about depression and anxiety.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Strong Minds

2019

N/A

~1050

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