Mental Health Services Engagement Program for Young Adults

This study is testing a program called "Just Do You" with added cultural components to help young adults from diverse backgrounds stay connected to their mental health services. The program uses creative arts and a team of a therapist and a peer to address recovery and the benefits of mental health care. The new components, A, B, and C, focus on how your cultural identity, motivations, and community can affect your engagement with services. Researchers want to see if these new components make it easier for young adults (ages 18-34) from racial and ethnic minority groups who are already receiving care at a partner clinic to continue their treatment. The study aims to enroll 80 participants and is currently recruiting.

Study design
This is an interventional study that will include 80 young adults. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive different combinations of the intervention components.
What's involved
You will complete a baseline assessment, participate in the "Just Do You" intervention, and then receive assigned new components. You will also complete a questionnaire and qualitative interviews immediately after the intervention, and your adherence will be tracked for an average of 2 years.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your intervention adherence will be measured from baseline through study completion, which is an average of 2 years.

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NCT06508450

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

Recruiting
NAAges 18–34Interventional
New York University
~80 participants
Updated 2025-03-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Just Do YouComponent AComponent BComponent C

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Participant acceptability questionnaire
Measured over Immediately after the intervention
+2 more outcomes measured
Psychosis
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Depressive Disorder
1 sites across 1 states
New York1

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

Exclusion

Cognitive impairments (i.e., young adult cannot understand consent process)
Unable to comprehend and speak English
  • Participant acceptability questionnaireImmediately after the intervention

    Self-report measure for assessing intervention acceptability from the perspectives of intervention recipients. Based on the theoretical framework of acceptability. Items are scored from 1 to 5. Possible total scores range from 9 to 45, with higher scores indicating greater acceptability.

  • Qualitative interviewsImmediately after the intervention

    Interviews with participants to assess acceptability of Components A, B, and C

  • Intervention adherenceBaseline through study completion, an average of 2 years; repeated measure to assess change through study completion

    Provider reported rate of intervention components completed by participants.