Effect of an Instructor led Healthy Minds Intervention for Prevention of Mental Health and Substance Use Problems among Adolescents: A Pilot Testing in Pakistan

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

TCTR

Registry ID

TCTR20251220001

Enrollment

800

Registered

2025-12-20

Start date

2025-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

implementation of healthy mind intervention Healthy minds, mental health, substance use prevention, adolescents

Interventions

A manualized program named Healthy Minds which comprised of fourteen weeks conducted in school setting to address mental health and substance use problems. This study would be implemented in Gilgit Ba

Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention No treatment

Healthy Minds Intervention,control group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

11 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: students ages between 12-17 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: inability to attend 14 weeks program

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
mental health and substance use prevention 14 weeks using psychological tools	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
mental health and substance use prevention 14 weeks psychological tools	—

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

Public ContactSalman Shahzad

Institute of Clinical psychology

shahzad_icp@yahoo.com03218909815

Outcome results

None listed

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