Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Increasing Access to Mental Health Care for People Living in Lebanon: An E-Mental Health Intervention
Brief Summary: The study objective is to test a guided e-mental health intervention called Step-by-Step for people living in Lebanon. Step-by-Step is a self-help programme delivered through an app or website and aims to treat symptoms of depression and other symptoms of psychological distress. First, a small study will be conducted to test the research procedure. Second, a large study will be conducted to test the effectiveness of Step-by-Step.

People residing in Lebanon (i.e. Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrian displaced people), above the age of 18 with symptoms of depression will be recruited through social media, posters, radio and television adverts, etc. Minors (under the age of 18) and people who have plans to end their life will be excluded from the study.

To test whether the use of Step-by-Step improves symptoms of depression, two groups will be compared. Participants in the intervention group will receive Step-by-Step, while those in the control group will receive basic information about depression and a list of health centres where they can get face-to-face help that is based on evidence. In addition, participants in the intervention group will receive weekly phone or chat support (up to 15 minutes) provided through lay helpers who were trained and work under the supervision of a trained clinical psychologist. The study hypothesises that participants who receive Step-by-Step will have a higher symptom improvement than participants who receive basic information.

In order to assess symptoms of depression and other symptoms of psychological distress, participants in this study will complete several questionnaires three times: At the beginning of the study, after 8 weeks, and then three months later (i.e. 5 months after the beginning of the study).


Options:
A: Arm Label: Good School Toolkit; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Good School Toolkit | Arm Label: Control; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Good School Toolkit; Assigned to Arm(s): Good School Toolkit
B: Arm Label: Mentor Mothers Intervention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Peer support and mentoring | Arm Label: Control; Type: NO_INTERVENTION; Interventions: N/A | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Peer support and mentoring; Assigned to Arm(s): Mentor Mothers Intervention
C: Arm Label: Step-by-Step; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Behavioral: Step-by-Step | Arm Label: Enhanced care as usual; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Enhanced care as usual | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Step-by-Step; Assigned to Arm(s): Step-by-Step | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Enhanced care as usual; Assigned to Arm(s): Enhanced care as usual
D: Arm Label: Home Care; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Behavioral: Home based, flexible, stepped care intervention | Arm Label: Wait-list; Type: OTHER; Interventions: Behavioral: Home based, flexible, stepped care intervention after 6 months. Families will be free to choose any health care they desire during the waiting period. | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Home based, flexible, stepped care intervention; Assigned to Arm(s): Home Care | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Home based, flexible, stepped care intervention after 6 months. Families will be free to choose any health care they desire during the waiting period.; Assigned to Arm(s): Wait-list

Answer: C