Clinical trial NCT06185959: Evaluating a New Mental Health Group for Asians and Asian Americans
Official title: Examining the Feasibility and Impact of a Novel Psychoeducation and Process Group for Asian and Asian American Psychiatric Outpatients
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Mental Health Issue
Lead sponsor: Stanford University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-12-29
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Age range is 18 years and older. All genders are eligible. For ethnic background, to be eligible for this study, participants must identify as Asian or Asian American due to the group under investigation being specifically designed as an Asian and Asian American Psychoeducation and Process Group.

The research study will be offered to all patients enrolling in the Asian and Asian American Psychoeducation and Process Group in the Stanford Department of Psychiatry \& Behavioral Sciences. The purpose of this study is to evaluate patient experiences in this psychoeducation and process group, so participants will be limited to those enrolling in the group as part of their clinical treatment.

Brief summary: This study's overarching aim is to evaluate a new psychoeducation and process group for Asian and Asian American psychiatric outpatients. This is a 12 week mental health group which will focus on both educational content related to Asian mental health as well as increasing connection between group members. We hypothesize that participants in the group will experience a decrease in psychiatric symptoms at the conclusion of the group compared to their symptoms at the beginning of group. We also hypothesize that participants will feel more socially connected after the group.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years and older
* Participants must identify as Asian or Asian American
* Sufficient English proficiency to participate in a psychotherapy group conducted in English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to provide written informed consent
* Elevated suicide risk (e.g. recent active suicidal ideation, past-year suicide attempt) without a current individual mental health provider
* Any other challenges that would preclude participation in group psychotherapy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
timeFrame: Once at baseline, once at 6 weeks, once at 12 weeks
measure: Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener-7 (GAD-7)
timeFrame: Once at baseline, once at 6 weeks, once at 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Social Connectedness Scale
timeFrame: Once at baseline, once at 12 weeks
measure: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
timeFrame: Once at baseline, once at 12 weeks
measure: Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scale
timeFrame: Once at baseline, once at 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Palo Alto
country: United States
facility: Stanford University - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Lisa Zhang, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Melanie Hom, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Stacy Lin, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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