Developing a Mobile Application to help young people with mental health issues in colleges and clinics in Chennai, India

A Comprehensive, collaborative and sustainable intervention package to help young people with depression in educational and clinical settings in Chennai, India - NILL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/07/055211

Enrollment

15300

Registered

2023-07-13

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-07-25

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: F30-F39- Mood [affective] disorders

Interventions

Intervention1: YES App-Peer Support Volunteer: A secure mobile application will be developed to host and deliver a robust and widely used depression screening tool to screen for depression, anxiety an

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Young people in the age group of 18-25 will be the target population for the proposed project. These young people will be identified and recruited into the project from two settings as mentioned above, namely colleges and SCARF youth clinic. Willing to provide written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not willing to provide written informed consent to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient Health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-(GAD-7), Perceived Stress Scale-(PSS)Timepoint: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To improve mental health literacy (MHL) about common mental health issues including depression among young people. To monitor their wellbeing & screen them for depression To provide information on referral pathways based on symptom severity To deliver interventions for depression through mobile based applications & peer support a. At the educational institutions & follow-up through peer support b. At the clinical setting & follow-up through case managers To sustain the peer support training through trainer of trainer (ToT) modelTimepoint: Baseline 6 months 12 months	—

Measure

Time frame

To improve mental health literacy (MHL) about common mental health issues including depression among young people. To monitor their wellbeing & screen them for depression To provide information on referral pathways based on symptom severity To deliver interventions for depression through mobile based applications & peer support a. At the educational institutions & follow-up through peer support b. At the clinical setting & follow-up through case managers To sustain the peer support training through trainer of trainer (ToT) modelTimepoint: Baseline 6 months 12 months

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactThara R

Schizophrenia Research Foundation

thara@scarfindia.org9840238870

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026