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Increasing Help-Seeking in Military Service Members

NCT04043936 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2023-04-13

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Summary

There is sufficient evidence that military service members markedly underutilize behavioral health care services, in part, due to stigma. This study proposes to examine a novel application of a cognitive bias modification (CBM) intervention designed to target stigma-related cognitions among service members at elevated suicide risk not currently engaged in behavioral health treatment.

Conditions

  • Military Service Members at Elevated Suicide Risk

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Bias Modification Intervention for Help-Seeking Stigma

Cognitive bias modification (CBM) is an intervention designed to target stigma-related cognitions among individuals at elevated suicide risk not currently engaged in behavioral health treatment. It involves the completion of brief, web-based tasks in which participants are presented with a series of stimuli (e.g., words, sentences) and trained to respond to those stimuli in a manner that is positive or neutral, rather than negative and unhelpful. Consistent with the theoretical rationale for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBM interventions function by reshaping negative cognitions. Repeated reinforcement of adaptive cognitions enhances functioning and reduces distress.

BEHAVIORAL

Placebo Cognitive Bias Modification (CBM-Placebo)

Cognitive bias modification (CBM) is an intervention designed to target stigma-related cognitions among individuals at elevated suicide risk not currently engaged in behavioral health treatment. It involves the completion of brief, web-based tasks in which participants are presented with a series of stimuli (e.g., words, sentences) and trained to respond to those stimuli in a manner that is positive or neutral, rather than negative and unhelpful. Consistent with the theoretical rationale for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBM interventions function by reshaping negative cognitions. Repeated reinforcement of adaptive cognitions enhances functioning and reduces distress.

BEHAVIORAL

Self-Directed Psychoeducation

Material presented with information on mental health literacy, mental health stigma, \& treatment options. This is based on the idea that increasing knowledge about psychiatric symptoms and treatment options encourages help-seeking behavior and engagement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Military Suicide Research Consortium

    collaborator OTHER

  • Florida State University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-04-19
Primary Completion
2023-03-31
Completion
2023-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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