Just Do You Program for Young Adults With Serious Mental IIlness

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Conditions studied: Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis, Anxiety Disorders

In brief

Just Do You is a young-adult-centered and theoretically guided intervention that has shown promise for keeping young adults connected to their professional treatments, while also enhancing their hope for the future and their own recovery. Just Do You is a brief two-module engagement program that utilizes a hybrid provider team of a licensed clinician and peer to address mistrust, lack of hope for the future, stigma concerns, literacy and a sense of efficacy early on when young adults begin a new service experience in adult outpatient day programs (i.e., New York State Personalized Recovery Oriented Services). The aim of this study is to test Just Do You through a moderately-sized randomized trial in order to see if it improves initial and secondary engagement among young adults with serious mental health conditions. The program is designed as an orientation to services, coupled with a curriculum designed to enhance motivation and agency, and keep young adults connected to their care. This study utilizes a randomized controlled trial to test the preliminary impact of the intervention, compared to best available services (treatment as usual, TAU) at two outpatient programs for adults with serious mental illnesses (n = 195). The program was adapted to two-sessions from the piloted four-session version through conversations with leadership at partnering agencies. The intervention involves intensive staff training and 24 months of ongoing provision, monitoring and supervision of the program. Quantitative survey data will be collected at baseline (pre), 2 weeks (post), 1 month, and 3 months. In this intention-to-treat analysis, we will conduct basic omnibus analyses to examine whether Just Do You leads to improved outcomes relative to TAU utilizing t tests across treatment conditions for each outcome measure specified. The investigators will likewise examine whether changes in the proposed mediating variables differ across groups.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03423212

Run by

New York University

People needed

124

Starts

2018-01-31

Expected to finish

2020-03-07

Last updated by the study team

2022-11-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 28. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• between the ages of 18 and 28
• living with a serious mental illness (i.e., mood, anxiety, schizophrenia-spectrum)
• attending personalized recovery-oriented services (PROS)
• formerly involved with public systems of care

You may not qualify if…

• cognitive impairments (i.e., young adult cannot understand consent process or IQ<70)
• non-English speaking (we will include individuals whose primary language is not English, but are able to comprehend and speak English).

Where it is running

• Mt Eden Personalized Recovery Oriented Services — New York, New York, United States

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