Taking Action for College Students
Sponsored by Temple University
About this study
The goal of this research is to investigate whether a peer-delivered illness self-management program called Taking Action can help college students with serious mental illnesses. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the experimental condition (Taking Action) or the control condition (information only). Participants in the experimental condition will attend five 2.5-hour Taking Action sessions. Participants will complete three interviews (baseline, post-intervention, and follow-up) to assess how well the program works, is liked, and benefits students clinically and academically. The investigators seek to test the following hypotheses: Compared to controls, students who do the Taking Action program will report greater improvements in mental health self-management attitudes, skills, and behaviors and will report greater improvements in mental health symptoms and recovery, and better academic outcomes.
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness associated with Taking Action for college students with serious mental illnesses (SMI). The study will be a randomized controlled trial. The investigators plan to recruit 300 college students with SMI to participate in the study. A total of 60 students will be enrolled in the study per semester, 30 of whom will be randomized to Taking Action and 30 to the control condition. Enrollment will occur over a period of 5 semesters, with two Taking Action groups running concurrently each semester. The investigators will recruit from within Temple University and other colleges and universities in the United States. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups, the experimental condition (Taking …
Where this study is enrolling
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Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Who can participate
Inclusion criteria
- ✓Currently enrolled in a 2- or 4-year postsecondary educational institution in the United States (and are able to present a valid student ID card)
- ✓Experiencing a serious mental illness, as operationalized by either:
- ✓A score of 13 or higher on the K-6 Screening Scale for serious mental illness
- ✓Self-reported psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum or major affective disorder and self-reported lifetime functional impairment due to experiencing mental health challenges
- ✓18 years of age or older
- ✓Have consistent access to a computer or smartphone and the Internet for communications
- ✓No prior WRAP or Taking Action education
Exclusion criteria
- ✕Expected to graduate or complete their program within 2 semesters
- ✕Unable to provide informed consent
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Trial data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov.