None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to develop and evaluate an online mental health and wellbeing program for same-sex attracted youth (SSAY) aged between 18-25 years. The program will deliver symptom-relevant material across multiple mental health symptom categories, where relevant, so as to present individual users with an integrated mental health and wellbeing program that respects their individuality, and acknowledges the reality and frequency of co-occurring mental health problems. The mental health symptoms covered will include depressive symptoms, generalised anxiety, panic, obsessions, compulsions, post traumatic stress, specific phobia and social anxiety. In addition, participants will receive access to a module that provides psycho-educational information about suicide. By using the results of an automated online screening questionnaire, the program will tailor content based on participants' current symptom presentation and their gender. We will evaluate the outcomes and user acceptability and satisfaction of the mental health and wellbeing program with approximately 76 SSAY (recruiting about 200 initially to allow for attrition). A randomised controlled trial will be conducted, with assessments at pre-program, post-program and 3 month follow-up. Participants will be randomly allocated to receive the mental health and wellbeing program with treatment as usual or a 20 week delayed access control with treatment as usual.
Interventions
An online mental health and wellbeing program for same-sex attracted youth aged between 18-25 years. The program includes 7 brief modules containing mental health and wellbeing information and exercises based on cognitive-behaviour therapy. The modules contain generic information and information and exercises specific for the symptoms participants endorse in an online assessment, which screens for generalised anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, posttraumatic stress, specific fear, social anxie
An online mental health and wellbeing program for same-sex attracted youth aged between 18-25 years. The program includes 7 brief modules containing mental health and wellbeing information and exercises based on cognitive-behaviour therapy. The modules contain generic information and information and exercises specific for the symptoms participants endorse in an online assessment, which screens for generalised anxiety, obsessions and compulsions, posttraumatic stress, specific fear, social anxiety and depressive symptoms. It is recommended to participants that they spend an hour a week over 8 weeks reading through the online modules and practising offline exercises.
Sponsors
National eTherapy Centre and BPsyC eTherapy Unit
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Australian resident 2. Aged between 18 and 25 years 3. Same-sex attracted 4. Access to the internet 5. Symptoms of anxiety and/or depression The program being tested in this study is designed for people who have some symptoms of mental health difficulties but not diagnosed mental health disorders. People whose symptoms suggest an extremely severe level of mental health disorder will be advised to see face-to-face treatment but not excluded from taking part.
Exclusion criteria
1. Not an Australian resident 2. Aged under 18 or over 25 years 3. Not same-sex attracted 4. No access to the internet 5. No symptoms of anxiety or depression The program being tested in this study is designed for people who have some symptoms of mental health difficulties but not diagnosed mental health disorders. People whose symptoms suggest an extremely severe level of mental health disorder will be advised to see face-to-face treatment but not excluded from taking part.
Outcome results
None listed