Taking Action for College Students

Part of paid clinical trials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sponsor
Temple University
Study ID
NCT06700902
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Taking Action — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants in the experimental condition will participate in the Taking Action intervention, which will be delivered in a small group format in 5 weekly 2.5 hour videoconferencing sessions. Taking Action will be implemented using materials available on SAMHSA's website (https://www.co.ozaukee.wi.us/DocumentCenter/View/8198/Taking-Action-A-MH-Recovery-Self-Help-Ed-Program?bidId=). The process will include an overview of key recovery and wellness concepts and the development of an individualized wellness toolbox, which is a list of skills and strategies that a person already uses or would like to use to maintain or regain wellness. Then, participants will make plans for monitoring and addressing distressing mental health symptoms. Instructional techniques will include lectures, discussions, personal examples from facilitators and participants own lives to illustrate key concepts related to self-management, individual and group exercises, and voluntary action plans between meetings.

Study Details

The goal of this research is to investigate whether a peer-delivered illness self-management program called Taking Action can help college students with serious mental illnesses. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the experimental condition (Taking Action) or the control condition (information only). Participants in the experimental condition will attend five 2.5-hour Taking Action sessions. Participants will complete three interviews (baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up) to assess how well the program works, is liked, and benefits students clinically and academically. The investigators seek to test the following hypotheses: Compared to controls, students who do the Taking Action program will report greater improvements in mental health self-management attitudes, skills, and behaviors and will report greater improvements in mental health symptoms and recovery, and better academic outcomes.

Key Dates

Start date
Sep 1, 2024
Status verified
Dec 2025
Primary completion
May 31, 2027
Completion
May 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Taking Action Intervention Condition
    Participants in the experimental condition will participate in the Taking Action intervention.
  • No Intervention: Information Only Control Condition
    Participants in the information only control condition will not participate in any intervention but will be given access to a resource entitled, "A Practical Guide for People with Disabilities Who Want to Go to College".

Primary Outcome Measure

Changes from Baseline in Mental Health Symptoms [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediately After the Intervention, and 3-Month Follow-Up ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaPennsylvania19122-

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