MHE3 Clinical Trial - Overcoming Obstacles

Stanford University192 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to increase and strengthen connections between Latinx individuals and mental health services. Through this intervention, the investigators aim to improve mental health literacy, decrease stigma, increase coping skills, and increase mental health help seeking, even before they are in crisis. Participants will be asked to participate in six educational sessions hosted by Promotores de Salud.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

192

Conditions

Mental Health Services Community Mental Health Services Community Health Services Preventive Health Services Counseling

Interventions

Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Mental health educationBEHAVIORAL

The intervention group will cover educational topics around mental health including: mental health literacy, individual coping skills, stigma reduction strategies, resources for mental health support, and mental health rights.

Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Resources in the communityBEHAVIORAL

The control group will cover topics including: mental health resources in the community, violence (i.e. domestic violence), employment and education opportunities, housing and tenant rights, immigration and acculturation, and community team building and empowerment.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria: * Has heritage or self-identifies as Hispanic, Latino/a, or Latinx/e * Must speak English or Spanish * Primary residence is in 95116, 95122, 95127, 95112, 95111, 95121,95148, or 95133 zip codes Exclusion criteria: * Persons from the same household * First degree family member

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form

The ATSPPH-SF is scored 0 to 30. Items are rated on a Likert scale (e.g., strongly disagree to strongly agree), with higher scores indicating greater openness to seeking psychological help.

Time frame: 6 month follow up

Secondary Outcomes

Mental Health Service Use

Measured through a study-specific, 9-item questionnaire. Self-rated mental health status question will use a multiple choice semantic differential scale ("excellent" to "poor"). Number of poor mental health days in the past month will use a numerical scale (0 to 30 days). Mental health help-seeking questions related to wanting, tried, and successfully seeing a mental health professional will use select all that apply time point response options ("never", "in the past 3 months", "within the last 4- 6 months", "over a year ago").

Time frame: 3 month follow up and 6 month follow up.

Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form

The ATSPPH-SF is scored 0 to 30. Items are rated on a Likert scale (e.g., strongly disagree to strongly agree), with higher scores indicating greater openness to seeking psychological help.

Time frame: 1 week follow up and 3 month follow up.

General Self-Efficacy Scale

Measured through a 10-item questionnaire; assesses the strength of an individuals belief of their ability to respond to novel or difficult situations to deal with any associated obstacles or setbacks. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale (e.g., 1 = Not at all true to 4 = Exactly true), with higher scores indicating stronger self-efficacy.

Time frame: 1 week follow up, 3 month follow up, and 6-month follow up.

Treatment Expectation Questionnaire

Measured through a 6 item questionnaire; measure's a participants expectations about the effectiveness of their treatment. Items are rated on a Likert scale (e.g., from "not at all" to "very much"), and higher scores indicate stronger positive expectations about the treatment.