Mood Lifters Online for Graduate Students and Young Professionals

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Mood Lifters is a revolutionary mental wellness program that teaches scientifically validated strategies in a supportive group setting. This study will test two new versions of the program designed specifically for graduate students and young professionals. Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what the participants learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness. Additionally, participants will complete a series of measures (approx. 1-1.5 hours) prior to, at the end of the program, 1 month after the program and 6 months after the program.

Official Title
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Mood Lifters Online

Conditions
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Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Mental Illness, Stress

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Mood Lifters


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Participants ages 22-32 (must identify as either a graduate student or a young professional) Exclusion Criteria: Active suicidality, mania, or psychosis

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 22 Years
Maximum Age: 32 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Graduate Student Program<br>This is the graduate student version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns. | Behavioral: Mood Lifters<br>* Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness.<br>|
| Experimental: Young Professional Program<br>This is the young professional version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns. | Behavioral: Mood Lifters<br>* Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness.<br>|
| No Intervention: Waitlist<br>This is the waitlist. Participants may be randomly assigned here first. After the typical period fo the intervention on the waitlist (12 weeks), these participants will be invited to join the arm which they are most appropriate for (i.e., graduate student or young professional). | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 | Assesses Depressive Symptoms (Range 0-27; higher scores indicate more significant symptoms of depression) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 | Assesses Anxiety Symptoms (Range 0-21; higher scores indicate more significant symptoms of anxiety) | through study completion, an average of 1 year | 
| Perceived Stress Scale | Assesses Perceived stress (Range 0-40; higher scores indicate more significant perceived stress) | through study completion, an average of 1 year |