Project LYRIC (Linking Youth to Resources and Interim Care): A pilot test of a brief psychological treatment to bridge wait times for youth mental health services

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: psychological distress; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000574640
• Lead Sponsor: Curtin enAble Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-05-25
• Last Update Posted: 18 July 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Adolescents will be eligible for this study if they:
i. are 13-19 years of age,
ii.Have consent from their primary caregiver to participate (adolescents 13-15 only) or provide consent for their own participation as mature minors (Aged 16 and above),
iii.Screen at risk for psychological distress on the K-10 (Scores =20; Kessler et al., 2002), be seeking or on wait lists for mental health services for psychological distress,
iii. are able to speak English to complete informed consent and study procedures,

Interventionists/facilitators will be eligible to participate if they:
i.Complete the required training, demonstrate competency to deliver the intervention, and agree to participate in ongoing supervision,
ii.Are able to speak English to complete informed consent and study procedures, and deliver the intervention, and
iii.Either have prior experience of working with young people at a youth/ health service, or are currently completing or recently completed a 4th-year honours-degree in Psychology, with some experience providing mental health support services.

Caregiver participants must have an adolescent child who is enrolled in the trial and be able to speak English well enough to complete informed consent and study procedures

Exclusion Criteria

For adolescent participants, there are two exclusion criteria:
(i) individuals who are already engaged mental health service for regular intervention at the time of study recruitment will not be eligible for study participation.
(ii) adolescents who are assessed to be at high risk of suicide at the time of study recruitment will not be eligible for study participation and instead will be referred and linked to more appropriate supports. All potential participants will be screened for risk of suicide using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale- Screen version (Cwik et al., 2020) prior to study enrolment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified