Mindfulness and Acceptance Applied in Colleges Through Web-Based Guided Self-Help (Phase 1)
Web-Based Guided Self-Help
Étude thérapeutique
Résumé
Date de début de l'étude : 1 février 2013
Date à laquelle le premier participant a commencé l'étude.Nearly half of all college students have a diagnosable mental health problem. College counseling centers (CCCs) are faced with increasing demands for services from Universities, students, and parents to meet the treatment needs of their students, in the context of increasingly severe cases and declining resources. Innovative, cost effective solutions are needed that can improve treatment effectiveness with a range of presenting problems while reducing counselor workloads. The current project seeks to meet these needs by recruiting participants at several CCCs throughout the country to test a web-based guided self-help version of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, an evidence-based transdiagnostic therapy that has been found to effectively treat a range of mental health problems by targeting experiential avoidance, the tendency to avoid unwanted emotions and negative thoughts. An ACT program would provide a means of implementing effective treatment for the range of problems encountered in the CCC setting, while the online guided self-help format would reduce counselors' workload for each client, improving cost effectiveness and reducing waiting lists. This product would both treat students through a series of self-help modules and train CCC counselors in how to implement the guided self-help ACT intervention. For the current phase (Phase I) of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, three self-help modules (mindfulness, acceptance of difficult thoughts and feelings, and values exploration) have been developed, as well as a counselor portal to review students' use of the program and to receive training on implementing ACT guided self-help. The current study is a pre-post feasibility trial with at least 20 counselors and 60 clients (3 student clients per CCC counselor) from different CCCs throughout the country. The study is an open trial in which all counselors and clients will use the program and complete assessments and pre and post. The study will examine the initial feasibility, efficacy and acceptability of the program with both students and counselors. These findings will inform the development of a final commercial program to be marketed to CCCs.
Protocole
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Nombre total de participants que l'essai clinique vise à recruter.Traitement
Éligibilité
Les chercheurs recherchent des patients correspondant à une certaine description appelée critères d'éligibilité : état de santé général ou traitements antérieurs du patient.Tout sexe
Le sexe biologique des participants éligibles à s'inscrire.À partir de 18 ans
Tranche d'âge des participants éligibles à participer.Volontaires sains autorisés
Indique si les individus en bonne santé et ne présentant pas la condition étudiée peuvent participer.Critères
Inclusion Criteria for Counselors: Currently working at a College Counseling Center Willingness to take the ACT guided self-help training through the counselor portal until reaching a passing criterion of 80% Willingness to distribute flyers about the study to five students, in an attempt to recruit 3 clients to participate in the self-help modules Exclusion Criteria for Counselors: Prior participation in this study Inclusion Criteria for Student Clients: Currently being treated at a College Counseling Center Willingness to participate in three half-hour modules as part of a web-based guided self-help program and complete pre and post assessments across a period of 4 weeks Referred to the study/self-help modules by counselor Participation will comply with targeted enrollment plans, and attention will be paid to selecting an ethnically/racially diverse group Student is clinically stable as per counselor judgment (e.g., not actively suicidal, psychotic, or disruptive) Exclusion Criteria for Student Clients: Under 18 Lack of fluency in English 7th grade level Prior participation in this study Students with current psychotic disorders, risk of harm to self or others, or needing close medical and/or psychiatric oversight will be excluded, based on counselor assessment.
Plan de l'étude
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Cette étude ne comporte pas de groupe placebo.
Groupes de traitement
Groupe I
ExpérimentalObjectifs de l'étude
Objectifs principaux
Objectifs secondaires
Centres d'étude
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Development and Counseling Center
Worcester, United StatesOuvrir Worcester Polytechnic Institute Student Development and Counseling Center dans Google MapsMichigan State University Counseling Center
East Lansing, United StatesUniversity of North Carolina Counseling and Psychological Services
Chapel Hill, United StatesRhode Island School of DesignOffice of Student Development and Counseling Services
Providence, United States