Reducing Depression Self-stigma and Increasing Treatment Seeking Intentions Among Youth

Summary

Young people with depression, especially those of underserved minority groups, avoid treatment due to stigma and discrimination. Social contact is a form of interpersonal contact with members of the stigmatized group and the most effective type of intervention for improvement in stigma-related knowledge and attitudes.

In a prior study, the investigators developed short video interventions to reduce stigma and increase treatment seeking among people with depression. The videos vary by protagonist race/ethnicity (Latinx, non-Latinx Black, non-Latinx White) who share their experiences with depression, challenges, and recovery process. The investigators would like to test the efficacy of these videos using Prolific (a crowdsourcing platform). Specifically, the investigators are interested in conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of these videos as compared to a vignette control condition on reducing self-stigma and increasing help-seeking intentions and behavior at baseline, post, and 30 day follow-up among youth with depressive symptom scores on the PHQ-9≥ 5.

Conditions

• Stigma, Social
• Mental Health Disorder
• Depression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief video intervention (Black Woman)

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Black woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a Black woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

BEHAVIORAL

Brief video intervention (Latinx Woman)

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Latinx woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a Latinx woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

BEHAVIORAL

Brief video intervention (White Woman)

A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young White woman in her early twenties, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles as a White woman with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.

BEHAVIORAL

Vignette Control

A brief vignette control condition with a script about a young woman who describes her struggles with depression and raises themes of recovery and hope.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York State Psychiatric Institute

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

25 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-04-15

Primary Completion

2024-05-29

Completion

2024-05-29

Countries

• United States

Study Locations