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Strategies to foster professional help-seeking in adolescents and young adults

Strategies to foster professional help-seeking in adolescents and young adults

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00023110
Enrollment
1200
Registered
2020-09-23
Start date
2020-10-02
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

General public youth sample whose attitudes towards and potential intentions of help-seeking for one out of five mental health problems (generalized anxiety disorder, depression, bulimia, alcohol abuse, non-suicidal self-injurious behavior) are measured

Interventions

Group 1: Control group: presentation of a video-vignette showing one out of five mental health problems Group 2: intervention 1: presentation of a video-vignette showing one out of five mental health

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Forschungsstelle für Psychotherapie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
14 Years to 29 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Youth (14 to 29 years) with internet access

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
intended professional help-seeking, measured with a 12-item version of the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ). The respective maximum value in three items comprising formal support services (psychotherapists, psychiatrists, counselling services) serves as primary outcome.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
GHSQ: General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (items not measuring primary outcome) IASMHS: Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services BDH: Barrieren des Hilfesuchverhaltens [eng: barriers of help-seeking behavior] USS: Universal Stigma Scale HAPA-Items: self-constructed questionnaire with 14 items, based on previous questionnaires measuring Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) constructs (risk perception, task self-efficacy, and outcome expectancies)

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactDiana Lemmer

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Forschungsstelle für Psychotherapie

diana.lemmer@med.uni-heidelberg.de06221 568192

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026