RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06139159

CRISOL Mente: A Multilevel Community Intervention to Reduce Mental Health Disparities Among Latinos


Sponsor

Drexel University

Enrollment

600 participants

Start Date

Nov 10, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Latinos in the U.S. experience significant disparities in access to mental health services due to lack of health insurance, language barriers, low availability of bilingual providers, mental health stigma, and fear of deportation. There is an urgent need to identify low-cost, culturally appropriate interventions to reduce mental health disparities among this population. This project will address that need by implementing and testing CRISOL Mente, a multi-level, culturally-congruent community intervention to improve the mental health of the Latino population in Philadelphia.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 65 Years

Plain Language Summary

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This study tests a community-based mental health intervention called CRISOL Mente for Latino adults in the Philadelphia area who have anxiety, depression, or PTSD. The program works at multiple levels — helping individuals while also engaging community organizations and healthcare providers — to reduce mental health disparities. **You may be eligible if...** - You are between 18 and 65 years old - You identify as Latino - You live in Philadelphia or nearby counties (Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, or Chester) - You speak English or Spanish - You have moderate-to-severe symptoms of anxiety, depression, or PTSD **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have high-risk mental health conditions such as active thoughts of suicide, substance use disorder, mania, psychosis, or schizophrenia - You have received mental health therapy in the past 3 months - You are pregnant Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHEROutreach/navigator

* Conduct outreach activities with people in the community who are hard to reach and with limited access to health care, conduct informal screening for symptoms of mental illnesses, encourage and refer individuals at-risk, suspected of having, or affected by mental health issues to clinics for triage. * Document outreach, screening, and referral activities in LHW database

OTHERAuxiliary to care

* Arrange consultation for those at-risk, suspected, or affected individuals at clinics for triage. * Introduce the patient to the clinical team via a "warm hand-off" and assist in scheduling a follow -up visit. * Support patients in attending their clinic visits; help patients address barriers through education, referral, and navigation to ancillary community services (SAVAME, legal, housing, economic, etc); * Engage, activate, and empower patients to participate in the care process * Frequent contact with patients: +1 every two weeks during the first 3 months, +1 every month for months 4-6. * Assist with group sessions: affinity groups * Identify community-based resources. * Document outreach, screening, referral, and auxiliary care activities in LHW database

OTHERStepped care and task shifting

* Support counselling initiated by the psychologist * Reinforce patient education about depression, anxiety, trauma, and other syndemic conditions. * Work with patients' families and peers to reduce stigma, address syndemic factors and social conditions. * Contact frequency with patients: +1 every two weeks during the first 3 months, +1 every month for months 4-6. * Co-lead group sessions: affinity groups * Provide Mental Health First Aid to members of the community. * Document outreach, screening, referral, auxiliary and stepped care activities in LHW database


Locations(1)

Drexel University School of Public Health

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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