Anti-stigma Intervention for Chinese American Older Adults

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anxiety Disorders; Mood Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: 10 sessions of ASGI

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT03820297

18-01236

Details and patient eligibility

About

Approximately 50 participants will be enrolled and screened to achieve 45 eligible patients with mood/anxiety disorders to complete a 10 weekly anti-stigma group intervention (ASGI) in addition to several self-report internalized stigma and psychiatric measures.This study will examine changes in internalized stigma and psychiatric symptoms pre- and post-ASGI with 3 months post-intervention follow-up.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 55+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-reported Chinese heritage;
• 55 years or older
• Mandarin and/or Cantonese speaking and ability to read and/or comprehend spoken Chinese language.
• Currently receiving treatment from a mental health provider at Gouverneur Medical Center Asian Bicultural Clinic (GMC ABC) and willing to continue mental health care through the study.
• Willing to provide release for communication between primary mental health care provider and study staff throughout the study.
• Documented by mental health provider after consent for release of information as having mood and anxiety disorder diagnosis in the past year;
• A willingness to participate in the ASGI with stated availability;
• Able and willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Lifetime psychosis, neurocognitive, or significant neurological disorders;
• Current manic episode;
• Past 6 months of alcohol/substance use disorder;
• Serious safety concerns of suicide or homicide.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 1 patient group

Anti-Stigma Group

Other group

Description:

Complete a 10 weekly anti-stigma group intervention (ASGI) in addition to several self-report internalized stigma and psychiatric measures.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 10 sessions of ASGI