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The Elite Athlete Mental Health Strategy Trial

NCT00940732 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2015-06-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether positive mental health help-seeking attitudes, and behaviour in elite athletes can be increased through an online intervention.

Conditions

  • Mental Health Help-Seeking

Interventions

OTHER

Destigmatisation and Mental Health Literacy

Written material delivered over 2 weeks via the Internet, including "mythbusters", debunking common myths around anxiety and depression, as well information about a range of celebrities who have identified themselves as having depression or anxiety. Also contains mental health literacy information.

OTHER

Help-seeking list

List of sources for mental health help-seeking delivered over 2 weeks.

OTHER

Feedback

Written material delivered over 2 weeks via the Internet, including two short self-report measures (Goldberg Anxiety, Goldberg Depression), which will provide feedback to the participant about levels of depression and anxiety.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Australian Institute of Sport

    collaborator OTHER

  • Amelia Gulliver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amelia Gulliver, BA, BAppPsych, BScPsych (Hons) · The Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University

  • Kathy Griffiths, BSc (Hons), PhD · The Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University

  • Helen Christensen, BA (Hons), MPsych, PhD · The Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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