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Using stories of lived experience of mental health to change mental health stigma and help seeking

Effectiveness of a brief digitized contact-based intervention in improving mental health stigma and help-seeking in young adults

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN65081246
Enrollment
300
Registered
2025-04-03
Start date
2021-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

This study is not focused on a specific disease or health condition. The related outcome is mental health stigma and helpseeking. Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Contact-based interventions involve individuals sharing their lived experience of mental health difficulties and recovery. Exposure to lived experience stories has in the past been shown to be effecti

Sponsors

Black Dog Institute
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
17 Years to 24 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Undergraduate psychology students 2. Aged 17-24 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Aged over 25 years old

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Perceptions of mental health stigma and help-seeking intentions measured using the Generalised Anxiety Stigma Scale (GASS), the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (SSOMI) and the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ) at post-intervention.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Perceptions of public and self-stigma using the Generalised Anxiety Stigma Scale (GASS), the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale (SSOMI) and the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire (GHSQ) at one week following the intervention. 2. Perceptions of intervention measured using data collected during semi-structured qualitative interviews after the intervention

Countries

Australia

Contacts

Public ContactJennifer Hudson
jennie.hudson@unsw.edu.au+61 0408660098

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026