Mood Lifters for Undergraduates (ML-UP)

University of Michigan

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1; Depression; Mood Disorders; Anxiety; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Mood Lifters for Undergraduates

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05684120

HUM00221612

Details and patient eligibility

About

Large-scale, effective, low-cost, and evidence-based programs that can nimbly translate new research discoveries into prevention and care for psychosocial-based problems are urgently needed since the vast majority of people who need evidence-based care do not receive it.

The purpose of this randomized control trial is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a Mood Lifters group template specifically for undergraduate students. Mood Lifters is an effective peer-led program that improves or maintains mental health. It seeks to help people enhance pleasure, engagement, and meaning in their lives while minimizing depression, fear, loneliness, and other negative feelings via a proprietary peer-based program that offers weekly meetings and other flexible support options. One obstacle to providing mental health care in the US is that it is costly to provide one-on-one therapy by a licensed professional. This is particularly true in large group settings with limited resources (counseling centers) and a large need for mental health care, like universities.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion:

• undergraduate students
• at least 18 years of age

Exclusion criteria include:

• active suicidal thoughts or behavior
• active psychosis
• borderline personality disorder
• active mania
• unwillingness to attend all sessions or treatment types (e.g., unwillingness to attend remote)
• non-undergraduate students.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

Individuals in this arm will take part in the Mood Lifters program immediately after recruitment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mood Lifters for Undergraduates

Waitlist Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Individuals in this arm will be invited to take part in the Mood Lifters program after they complete post-treatment surveys as part of the control group.