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Culturally-focused Consultation for Asian Americans and Latino Americans

NCT01239407 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2014-10-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a culturally focused psychiatric (CFP) consultation service can improve depressive symptoms and increase diagnosis and treatment of depression in Asian American and Latino American primary care patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Culturally focused psychiatric consultation

The consultation is comprised of 3 visits: 1a. Psychiatric diagnostic interview, self-rated questionnaires (in-person consultation). 1b. Intervention focused on learning about depression and how to treat it using culturally relevant resources. 2\. Follow-up visit two weeks later to go over patients' questions, homework if applicable, and patients' ability to meet the goals outlined in the first visit (in-person or phone visit). 3\. 6-month follow up: 6 months after the initial consultation, patients are asked about mental health symptoms and mental health treatment they might be receiving (phone visit unless patient requests in-person).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nhi-Ha Trinh, M.D., MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Andres Bedoya, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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