The Roshni Project - Developing a Psychosocial Intervention

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Mood Disorders
• Interventions: Behavioral: Psychosocial therapy for South Asian women experiencing mood disorders

• Registration Number: NCT04338464
• Lead Sponsor: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Brief Summary

The mental health sector is being called upon to develop and implement interventions for youth that attend to gender, age and cultural diversity (Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2016). The proposed project outlines the development and feasibility testing of a culturally driven transdiagnostic psychosocial intervention for South Asian women aged 16-24 years. We will recruit 30 participants to complete the 12 week psychosocial intervention. Pre, midpoint and post evaluations will be completed to asses change in mental health, self esteem and values, and also qualitative feedback on participant experiences of the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-20
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-06
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-08
• Study Start: 2020-08
• Primary Completion: 2021-08
• Study Completion: 2021-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment Group	Psychosocial therapy for South Asian women experiencing mood disorders	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression, Anxiety & Stress Scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995)	Change from baseline depression, anxiety and stress at 12 weeks	The Depression, Anxiety \& Stress Scale (Lovibond \& Lovibond, 1995) is a 42 item scale questionnaire with a 4 point likert scale from 0 to 4 measuring across three domains of depression, anxiety and stress. Total scores range from 0-168, with higher scores indicating greater symptom severity.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003)	Change from baseline emotion regulation at 12 weeks	Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Gross \& John, 2003) is a 10 item survey assessing emotion regulatory processes including subscales for cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. The survey has a 7 point likert scale ranging from 0 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree), with total range from 0-70 with higher scores indicating better emotion regulation.