Abriendo Caminos: Engaging Latinos with Serious Mental Illness

This study, called "Abriendo Caminos: Engaging Latinos," is testing a program called culturally responsive motivational interviewing. This program involves six weekly, hour-long sessions designed to help Latino adults with serious mental illness (SMI) who are not currently receiving treatment. The main goal is to see if this program can help more people get involved in mental health treatment. Researchers also want to understand how easy it is to recruit 30 Latino adults for this 6-week program and how much they like it. To join, you must be 18 or older, live in Connecticut, identify as Latino, speak English or Spanish, have a history of trauma, and not have received mental health treatment in the past 30 days. The study is currently unclear about its recruitment status.

Study design
This is an interventional study with a single group of 30 participants. It is designed to test the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention.
What's involved
You would receive six weekly 60-minute sessions. You would also complete weekly surveys, plus assessments before the program, at the end of the 6 weeks, and again 30 and 60 days later.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 60 days after their last session.

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NCT07529509

Abriendo Caminos: Engaging Latinos

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
Yale University
~30 participants
Updated 2026-07-21 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Culturally responsive motivational interviewing

At a glance

Recruiting sites
2 of 2 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Number of participants recruited
Measured over From April 2026 to April 2027 (approximately 1 year)
+5 more outcomes measured
Serious Mental Illness
2 sites across 1 states
Connecticut2
  • Oscar F Rojas Perez, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Yale University

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Meet criteria for serious mental illness
Not in treatment
18 years of age or older
Reside in CT
Self-identify as Latino
Speak English and/or Spanish
History of trauma
Have not received any treatment in the past 30 days
Willing and able to be contacted for follow-up

Exclusion

Individuals in formal mental health treatment in the past 30 days
Have a life-threatening or unstable medical, surgical, or psychiatric condition
Inability to provide \> 1 form of contact information
Anticipate being unable to return for a follow-up assessment
Reported active risk of suicide or homicide
Fail capacity to consent
Cognitively impaired
Currently in jail or other overnight facilities as required by courts or law
  • Number of participants recruitedFrom April 2026 to April 2027 (approximately 1 year)

    The average number of participants recruited to participate in the study

  • Number of participants that complete the studyFrom enrollment to the end of follow-up at 60 days post-session 6

    The average number of participants who complete the study

  • Number of sessions completedFrom enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

    The average number of sessions completed by the participant

  • The Client Satisfaction QuestionnaireFrom enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

    The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) uses a 4-point Likert scale (1-4) for each item, typically ranging from "Quite dissatisfied" to "Very satisfied" or similar, for a total of 8 to 32 points. High scores indicate greater satisfaction across nine dimensions of service quality.

  • Number of assessments completedFrom enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks

    The average number of assessments completed by participants

  • Qualitative acceptability questionsEnd of treatment at 6 weeks

    Participants will participate in qualitative interviews regarding their satisfaction with the intervention