Effects of Portrayals of Successful Treatment and Role Fulfillment on Mental Illness Stigma

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Illness

Treatments: Other: Schizophrenia without treatment but with role fulfillment; Other: Schizophrenia with treatment but no role fulfillment; Other: Major Depressive Disorder without treatment but with role fulfillment; Other: Major Depressive Disorder with treatment but no role fulfillment; Other: Schizophrenia without treatment or role fulfillment; Other: Major Depressive Disorder with treatment and role fulfillment; Other: Major Depressive Disorder without treatment or role fulfillment; Other: Schizophrenia with treatment and role fulfillment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06509386

2000034605_b

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on successful treatment and societal role fulfillment of the individual portrayed with mental illness.

Full description

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on successful treatment and societal role fulfillment of the individual portrayed with mental illness. This study utilizes eight vignettes portraying two different mental illnesses (depression and schizophrenia), with one vignette giving no details about role fulfillment or treatment, another giving no details about role fulfillment but successful treatment, another giving details on role fulfillment but no treatment, and last giving details on both role fulfillment and successful treatment.

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All adults who consider Buyende District their primary residence and who are capable of providing consent

Exclusion criteria

• Minors younger than 18 years of age
• Persons who do not consider Buyende District their primary place of residence

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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400 participants in 8 patient groups

Major Depressive Disorder without treatment or role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Major Depressive Disorder without treatment or role fulfillment

Major Depressive Disorder with treatment but no role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Major Depressive Disorder with treatment but no role fulfillment

Major Depressive Disorder without treatment but with role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Major Depressive Disorder without treatment but with role fulfillment

Major Depressive Disorder with treatment and role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Major Depressive Disorder with treatment and role fulfillment

Schizophrenia without treatment or role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Schizophrenia without treatment or role fulfillment

Schizophrenia with treatment but no role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Schizophrenia with treatment but no role fulfillment

Schizophrenia without treatment but with role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Schizophrenia without treatment but with role fulfillment

Schizophrenia with treatment and role fulfillment

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Schizophrenia with treatment and role fulfillment