NCT03597048

A School-Based Intervention to Reduce Stigma & Promote Mental-Health Service Use

Completed NA Last updated 24 July 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Curriculum in Stigma, Social in 751 participants. Completed in 30 June 2015.

Timeline

1 July 2011

Primary endpoint
30 June 2015

30 June 2015

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of California, Riverside
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	factorial
Masking	single
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	751
Start date	1 July 2011
Primary completion	30 June 2015
Estimated completion	30 June 2015

Drugs / interventions tested

• Curriculum
• Contact
• Materials

Conditions studied

• Stigma, Social — all drugs for Stigma, Social →
• Mental Illness — all drugs for Mental Illness →

Sponsor

University of California, Riverside

Who can join

Adults 10 to 14, any sex, with Stigma, Social or Mental Illness. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This is a school-based field experiment conducted in sixth grade classrooms to evaluate a multifaceted intervention designed to change attitudes and behaviors regarding mental illnesses. The research tests hypotheses as to whether alone or in combination interventions that are 1) a curriculum-based in-class presentations, 2) contact-based with a person who has experienced a mental illness, or 3) or based on educational materials distributed in classes improve knowledge/attitudes and encourage help seeking for mental health problems in a follow up study lasting two years.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. A School-Based Intervention for Mental Illness Stigma: A Cluster Randomized Trial.
   Link BG, DuPont-Reyes MJ, Barkin K, Villatoro AP, et al · · 2020 · cited 23× · PMID 32434761 · DOI 10.1542/peds.2019-0780
2. School Mental Health Curriculum Effects on Peer Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
   DuPont-Reyes MJ, Villatoro AP, Phelan JC, Painter K, et al · · 2021 · cited 4× · PMID 33152805 · DOI 10.1111/josh.12978
3. Familial transmission of mental health help-seeking: Does it "run in the family"?
   DuPont-Reyes MJ, Villatoro AP, Phelan JC, Painter K, et al · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 39108351 · DOI 10.1016/j.ssmph.2024.101695
4. Inequities Gone or Enduring? Evaluating the Effects of a School-Based Antistigma Intervention on Race/Ethnic and Gender Intersectional Disparities in Mental Illness Stigma.
   DuPont-Reyes MJ, Villatoro AP, Datzman J, Phelan JC, et al · · 2023 · cited 1× · PMID 37636031 · DOI 10.1037/sah0000406