Research of Prevention and Intervention of Mental Health Problems

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this research is to establish a suitable community-based model for Chinese culture,to improve the community recognition of common mental disorders,as well as its treatment and control.

Detailed Description
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The project will select seven metropolis,through multi-center collaborative research,use of interdisciplinary methods and combining qualitative and quantitative research methods.Community resources will be integrated so as to build the Chinese model of community mental health services and to establish the routine for common mental disorders. Evaluation criteria for community mental health needs to be developed for the process of health education and intervention techniques.

Official Title
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Prevention and Mental Health Education for Mental Health Problems in Community: A Model of Common Mental Health Problems in Seven Metropolis of China

Conditions
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Anxiety, Depression, Alcohol-abuse

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: regular intervention
* Other: community intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: general population: 13-65-year-old, high-risk groups: not yet shown symptoms of mental disorders, but exposed to epidemiological risk factors for anxiety,depression and alcohol abuse.A part may be at risk for future depression,anxiety and alcohol abuse,for example: post-disaster population,Stress-related groups, the unemployed and laid-off people, high risk of psychological disorders (chronic treatment of various medical institutions and disabled, the mentally ill family members). early stage of mental disorders in population:the subjects have the problem of depression, anxiety or alcohol abuse, but not yet diagnosed with depression, anxiety disorders or alcohol abuse. Exclusion Criteria: those who have been diagnosed with depression,anxiety or alcohol abuse and other psychiatric disorders will be excluded from this study.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 13 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: community intervention<br>Feedback on assessment results: distribute relevant brochures and hold regular lectures on depression, anxiety and alcohol-abuse. | Other: community intervention<br>* in addition to regular intervention, those subjects in the intervention group will be given education intervention.<br>|
| Active Comparator: regular intervention control<br>the subjects in the control group live in the used model | Other: regular intervention<br>* the subjects in the control group live in the used model<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| evaluate the changes of mental health state of community residents before and after intervention | we will use several scales such as SRHMS,SE,SEI,PSS,SCSQ,PHQ,AUDIT,scale of mental health knowledge and attitude survey and suicide related problems to evaluate the effect of our intervention. | 12 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| prevalence of depression,anxiety and alcohol abuse | use scales of PHQ-9,PHQ-7 and AUDIT to investigate prevalence of depression,anxiety and alcohol abuse. | 12 months | 
| public awareness and attitude towards mental health knowledge | designed related questionnaires to investigate the public's awareness and attitude towards mental health knowledge. | 12 months | 
| service needs and utilization | use qualitative research methods to ivestigate service needs and utilization of three target population in community. | 12 months | 
| the reliability and validity of PHQ-9, HPQ-7 and AUDIT | use MINI as the gold standard to evaluate the reliability and validity of PHQ-9, HPQ-7 and AUDIT in community and university students | 6 months | 
| assessment of the situation of community mental health service resources | we use scales to evaluate the situation of community mental health service resources | 1 month | 
| assessment the changes of early stage of mental disorders in population before and after intervention | we will use several sacles such as assessment scale of motivation changes,alclhol behavior and willingness and confidence of abstain from drinking to evaluate the changes before and after intervention with people who have alcohol abuse problems and use SAS,SDS and IBS to evaluate the changes in people who have depression and anxiety problems. | 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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mental health education, community-based