Family-centered Mental Health Promotion Intervention

Summary

Goal: The long-term goal of the proposed research program is to test the effectiveness of a preventative behavioral intervention and to scale it up for use with broader immigrant populations to reduce stress and mental health disorders.

Intervention: This study plan to adapt the World Health Organization developed Problem Management Plus (PMP), an evidence based, multi-component, behavioral intervention including breathing, problem solving, behavioral activation, and social support for immigrants.

Hypothesis: Immigrants in the Problem Management Plus for Immigrants (PMP-I) will have significantly lower levels of stress and anxious/depressive symptoms as compared to immigrants in the talk program with Community Support Service pamphlets (CSS).

Objective: The current study aims to pilot test the feasibility and acceptability of PMP-I among Bhutanese immigrants 18 years and older living in the Massachusetts.

Conditions

• Stress, Psychological
• Stress, Physiological
• Anxiety
• Depression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Problem Management Plus for Immigrants at family settings

PMP-I is a 5-week, peer-led, culturally tailored psychoeducation, behavioral activation (90 minutes), breathing and yoga intervention (90 minutes) in a family setting. PMP-I will use a structured approach, including once a week face-to-face sessions, breathing and yoga practices. 1. Managing Stress: Breathing and yoga practices, stress-management sessions, and behavioral activation exercises to strengthen positive coping strategies. 2. Managing Problems: Practice exercises to identify the problems, develop solutions, and plan a strategy to carry out those solutions. 3. Get Going, Keep Doing: Communication skill sessions and practice exercises to identify and carry out pleasant tasks. 4. Strengthening Social Support: Social skills session and practice exercise to identify social support. 5. Staying Well: Make a plan that helps to create supportive family environment.

BEHAVIORAL

Talk program with Community Support Service Pamphlet (CSS)

Pamphlet including list of community support service institutions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Vanderbilt University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-08-17

Primary Completion

2022-11-15

Completion

2022-11-15

Countries

• United States

Study Locations