Motivational Interviewing for Serious Mental Illness

(AC Trial)

Not yet recruiting at 1 trial location
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Overseen ByOscar F Rojas Perez, PhD
Age: 18+
Sex: Any
Trial Phase: Academic
Sponsor: Yale University
No Placebo GroupAll trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

What You Need to Know Before You Apply

What is the purpose of this trial?

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a culturally responsive peer-delivered motivational interviewing intervention can enhance mental health treatment engagement in Latinos with serious mental illness. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* How feasible is it to recruit 30 Latinos with serious mental illness into a 6 week treatment engagement intervention?

* How acceptable is the intervention to Latinos with serious mental illness?

Participants will:

* Receive six sixty-minute sessions

* Complete weekly measures, along with pre-, post-, 30-day, and 60-day post-intervention assessments

Who Is on the Research Team?

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Oscar F Rojas Perez, PhD

Principal Investigator

Yale University

Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?

Inclusion Criteria

I am not currently receiving any treatment.
Meet criteria for serious mental illness
Reside in CT
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Exclusion Criteria

I have a serious or unstable health condition that could affect my safety.
Inability to provide more than 1 form of contact information
Anticipate being unable to return for a follow-up assessment
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Timeline for a Trial Participant

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2-4 weeks

Treatment

Participants receive six sixty-minute culturally responsive motivational interviewing sessions, once a week

6 weeks
6 visits (in-person)

Follow-up

Participants complete post-intervention assessments at 30-day and 60-day intervals to monitor treatment engagement and changes in measures

60 days
2 visits (in-person)

What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?

Interventions

  • Culturally responsive motivational interviewing

How Is the Trial Designed?

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Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Culturally responsive peer-delivered motivational interviewingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

Yale University

Lead Sponsor

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Recruited
3,046,000+

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Collaborator

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Recruited
2,852,000+