The Roshni Project - Developing a Psychosocial Intervention

Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Mood Disorders

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychosocial therapy for South Asian women experiencing mood disorders

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04338464

022/2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The mental health sector is being called upon to develop and implement interventions for youth that attend to gender, age and cultural diversity (Mental Health Commission of Canada, 2016). The proposed project outlines the development and feasibility testing of a culturally driven transdiagnostic psychosocial intervention for South Asian women aged 16-24 years. We will recruit 30 participants to complete the 12 week psychosocial intervention. Pre, midpoint and post evaluations will be completed to asses change in mental health, self esteem and values, and also qualitative feedback on participant experiences of the intervention.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 24 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 16-24 years
• identify as a woman
• ancestry connected to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
• formal diagnosis of mood or anxiety disorder
• completed high-school in Canada
• reside in the Greater Toronto Area
• speak conversational English

Exclusion criteria

• individuals with developmental disabilities and serious mental illness e.g. schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar and personality disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychosocial therapy for South Asian women experiencing mood disorders