Stigma, SocialNCT06222528
Reducing Stigma and Increasing Treatment Seeking Intentions Among Adolescents
A study testing Brief video intervention (Black Girl), Brief video intervention (Black Boy) and Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl) in people with Stigma, Social and Mental Health Disorder, run by New York State Psychiatric Institute at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Depression is a leading cause of illness and disability in teenagers. Longer duration of untreated depression (DUD) is associated with greater severity, poorer outcome, and cognitive impairment. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 14 to 18 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Stigma, Social, Mental Health Disorder, Adolescent Behavior
- What is being tested?
- Brief video intervention (Black Girl), Brief video intervention (Black Boy) and Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,200 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 3 Jun 2024to 17 Aug 2024
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 14 to 18 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult
Who may be able to join
- Ages 14-18
- English speaking
- US Residents
Who cannot join
- Age less than 14 or greater than 18
- Non-English speaking
- Non-US Resident
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, 10032
About this study
Official title: Brief Personalized Videos to Reduce Stigma and Increase Treatment-seeking Behavior Among Adolescents With Depression
Depression is a leading cause of illness and disability in teenagers. Longer duration of untreated depression (DUD) is associated with greater severity, poorer outcome, and cognitive impairment. Stigma toward people with depression has been identified as a barrier to seeking help; therefore, reducing stigma toward young people at depressive risk could enhance their receptivity to seeking treatment. Social contact is a form of interpersonal contact with members of the stigmatized group and the most effective type of intervention for improvement in stigma-related knowledge and attitudes.
In a prior study, the investigators developed short video interventions to reduce stigma and increase treatment seeking among adolescents with depression. The videos feature adolescent protagonists varied by race/ethncitiy and gender (Black girl, Black boy, White girl, White boy, Hispanic girl, Hispanic boy, nonbinary or transgender adolescent) who will share their experiences with depression, challenges, and recovery process. The investigators would like to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of these tailored videos as compared to a video control condition (which provides information about depression and how to seek help but does not include a personal story) on reducing self-stigma and increasing help-seeking intentions and behavior at baseline, post, 2 week follow-up, and 4 week follow-up among adolescents ages 14-18 recruited via Cloudresearch. The videos will be shown again at 2 week follow-up.
Read the detailed description
In a randomized control trial (RCT) with pre-, post-intervention, and 2 and 4 week follow-up assessments, the investigators aim to test the efficacy of brief social contact video interventions, varying protagonist race/ethnicity, as compared to video control in reducing depression related stigma and increasing treatment-seeking intentions and behavior among adolescents ages 14-18 recruited via Cloudresearch, a crowdsourcing platform. The control condition will include a video that will provide information about depression and how to seek help but does not include a personal story. The tailored video interventions will be assigned based on participant demographics and will include adolescent protagonists varied by race/ethnicity and gender (Black girl, Black boy, White girl, White boy, Hispanic girl, Hispanic boy, nonbinary or transgender adolescent). Videos will be shown at baseline and 2 week follow-up. The investigators hypothesize that 1) Brief social contact-based video interventions will reduce stigma towards depression and increase treatment-seeking intentions and behavior compared to video control which provides information about depression and help seeking but does not include a personal story.
- Being tested
- Brief video intervention (Black Girl), Brief video intervention (Black Boy), Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl), Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy), Brief video intervention (White Girl)
- Medical subject headings
- Social Stigma, Mental Disorders, Adolescent Behavior, Depression
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Brief video intervention (Black Girl)Behavioural
A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Black girl, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.
Brief video intervention (Black Boy)Behavioural
A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Black boy, a professional actor, sharing his scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.
Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl)Behavioural
A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Latinx girl, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.
Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy)Behavioural
A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Latinx boy, a professional actor, sharing his scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.
Brief video intervention (White Girl)Behavioural
A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young White girl, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.
Brief video intervention (White Boy)Behavioural
A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young White boy, a professional actor, sharing his scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.
Brief video intervention (Nonbinary or transgender)Behavioural
A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young nonbinary or transgender adolescent, a professional actor, sharing their scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope.
Control ConditionBehavioural
A video that will provide information about depression and how to seek help but does not include a personal story.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Brief video intervention (Black Girl) | Experimental | A brief social contact-based video with a Black girl protagonist Receives: Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Black Girl) |
| Brief video intervention (Black Boy) | Experimental | A brief social contact-based video with a Black boy protagonist Receives: Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Black Boy) |
| Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl) | Experimental | A brief social contact-based video with a Latinx girl protagonist Receives: Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl) |
| Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy) | Experimental | A brief social contact-based video with a Latinx boy protagonist Receives: Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy) |
| Brief video intervention (White Girl) | Experimental | A brief social contact-based video with a White girl protagonist Receives: Behavioral: Brief video intervention (White Girl) |
| Brief video intervention (White Boy) | Experimental | A brief social contact-based video with a White boy protagonist Receives: Behavioral: Brief video intervention (White Boy) |
| Brief video intervention (Nonbinary or transgender) | Experimental | A brief social contact-based video with a nonbinary or transgender protagonist Receives: Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Nonbinary or transgender) |
| Control | Active comparator | A brief video control condition with psychoeducation on depression and help seeking Receives: Behavioral: Control Condition |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Depression Stigma
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Measured: Baseline
Depression Stigma
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Measured: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
Depression Stigma
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Measured: 2 week follow-up
Depression Stigma
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Measured: 4 week follow-up
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
Measured: Baseline
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
Measured: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
Measured: 2 week follow-up
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
Measured: 4 week follow-up
Secondary outcomes (13)
Emotional engagement
Emotional engagement will be measured using the Emotional Engagement Scale (de Vreede et al., 2019). The scale includes three items asking about emotional engagement (e.g., "I care about the contents of this video"), and response choices range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12, with higher scores indicating greater emotional engagement.
Measured: Post (immediately after the videos are shown
Emotional engagement
Emotional engagement will be measured using the Emotional Engagement Scale (de Vreede et al., 2019). The scale includes three items asking about emotional engagement (e.g., "I care about the contents of this video"), and response choices range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12, with higher scores indicating greater emotional engagement.
Measured: 2 week follow-up
Treatment related stigma
Treatment-related stigma will be measured with the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scale (SSOSH-3) (Brenner et al., 2021). Items include "I would feel inadequate if I went to a therapist for psychological help," "It would make me feel inferior to ask a therapist for help," and "If I went to a therapist, I would be less satisfied with myself." Response range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating greater stigma.
Measured: Baseline
Treatment related stigma
Treatment-related stigma will be measured with the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scale (SSOSH-3) (Brenner et al., 2021). Items include "I would feel inadequate if I went to a therapist for psychological help," "It would make me feel inferior to ask a therapist for help," and "If I went to a therapist, I would be less satisfied with myself." Response range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating greater stigma.
Measured: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
Treatment related stigma
Treatment-related stigma will be measured with the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scale (SSOSH-3) (Brenner et al., 2021). Items include "I would feel inadequate if I went to a therapist for psychological help," "It would make me feel inferior to ask a therapist for help," and "If I went to a therapist, I would be less satisfied with myself." Response range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating greater stigma.
Measured: 2 week follow-up
Treatment related stigma
Treatment-related stigma will be measured with the Self-Stigma of Seeking Help scale (SSOSH-3) (Brenner et al., 2021). Items include "I would feel inadequate if I went to a therapist for psychological help," "It would make me feel inferior to ask a therapist for help," and "If I went to a therapist, I would be less satisfied with myself." Response range from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Total scores range from 3 to 15, with higher scores indicating greater stigma.
Measured: 4 week follow-up
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Barriers to care will be measured with items selected from the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE v3) (Clement et al., 2012). Response range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (a lot). Total scores range from 0 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater barriers.
Measured: Baseline
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Barriers to care will be measured with items selected from the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE v3) (Clement et al., 2012). Response range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (a lot). Total scores range from 0 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater barriers.
Measured: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Barriers to care will be measured with items selected from the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE v3) (Clement et al., 2012). Response range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (a lot). Total scores range from 0 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater barriers.
Measured: 2 week follow-up
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Barriers to care will be measured with items selected from the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE v3) (Clement et al., 2012). Response range from 0 (not at all) to 3 (a lot). Total scores range from 0 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater barriers.
Measured: 4 week follow-up
Mental Health Treatment
One item will be utilized to measure prior mental health treatment: Have you ever received mental health treatment?
Measured: Baseline
Actual help seeking
Two items will be utilized to measure help seeking: Over the past 2 weeks, have you sought out mental health treatment? and Over the past 2 weeks, did you feel more able/willing to open up to others about how you are feeling?
Measured: 2 week follow-up
Actual help seeking
Two items will be utilized to measure help seeking: Over the past 4 weeks, have you sought out mental health treatment? and Over the past 4 weeks, did you feel more able/willing to open up to others about how you are feeling?
Measured: 4 week follow-up
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted24 Jan 2024
- Study start3 Jun 2024
- Primary completion17 Aug 2024
- Study completion17 Aug 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (6)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Stigma, SocialStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 1,200 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Doron Amsalem, New York State Psychiatric Institute
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06222528
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 8317
- Status last verified
- Sep 2024
- First submitted
- 16 Jan 2024
- Last updated
- 4 Sep 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Griffiths KM, Christensen H, Jorm AF, Evans K, Groves C. Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive-behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to depression: randomised controlled trial. Br J Psychiatry. 2004 Oct;185:342-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.185.4.342.
PubMed 15458995Elhai JD, Schweinle W, Anderson SM. Reliability and validity of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form. Psychiatry Res. 2008 Jun 30;159(3):320-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.04.020. Epub 2008 Apr 22.
PubMed 18433879de Vreede T, Andel SA, de Vreede GJ, Spector P, Singh V, Padmanabhan B. What is engagement and how do we measure it? Toward a domain independent definition and scale. Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2019, Hawaii. p. 749-758.
Clement S, Brohan E, Jeffery D, Henderson C, Hatch SL, Thornicroft G. Development and psychometric properties the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation scale (BACE) related to people with mental ill health. BMC Psychiatry. 2012 Jun 20;12:36. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-36.
PubMed 22546012Brenner RE, Colvin KF, Hammer JH, Vogel DL. Using Item Response Theory to Develop Revised (SSOSH-7) and Ultra-Brief (SSOSH-3) Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scales. Assessment. 2021 Jul;28(5):1488-1499. doi: 10.1177/1073191120958496. Epub 2020 Sep 25.
PubMed 32975438Markman R, Steier K, Fisch CT, Jankowski S, DiGiovanni M, Dixon LB, Martin A, Amsalem D. Depression stigma, treatment-seeking intentions, and barriers to care among adolescents: demographic factors in a crowdsourced sample. Psychiatry Res. 2026 Jun 1;364:117250. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117250. Online ahead of print.
PubMed 42250491
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 4 Sep 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Brief Personalized Videos to Reduce Stigma and Increase Treatment-seeking Behavior Among Adolescents With Depression
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06222528
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 8317
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,200 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric InstituteUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 3 Jun 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 17 Aug 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 17 Aug 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 24 Jan 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Depression is a leading cause of illness and disability in teenagers. Longer duration of untreated depression (DUD) is associated with greater severity, poorer outcome, and cognitive impairment. Stigma toward people with depression has been identified as a barrier to seeking help; therefore, reducing stigma toward young people at depressive risk could enhance their receptivity to seeking treatment. Social contact is a form of interpersonal contact with members of the stigmatized group and the most effective type of intervention for improvement in stigma-related knowledge and attitudes.
In a prior study, the investigators developed short video interventions to reduce stigma and increase treatment seeking among adolescents with depression. The videos feature adolescent protagonists varied by race/ethncitiy and gender (Black girl, Black boy, White girl, White boy, Hispanic girl, Hispanic boy, nonbinary or transgender adolescent) who will share their experiences with depression, challenges, and recovery process. The investigators would like to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of these tailored videos as compared to a video control condition (which provides information about depression and how to seek help but does not include a personal story) on reducing self-stigma and increasing help-seeking intentions and behavior at baseline, post, 2 week follow-up, and 4 week follow-up among adolescents ages 14-18 recruited via Cloudresearch. The videos will be shown again at 2 week follow-up.
Detailed description
In a randomized control trial (RCT) with pre-, post-intervention, and 2 and 4 week follow-up assessments, the investigators aim to test the efficacy of brief social contact video interventions, varying protagonist race/ethnicity, as compared to video control in reducing depression related stigma and increasing treatment-seeking intentions and behavior among adolescents ages 14-18 recruited via Cloudresearch, a crowdsourcing platform. The control condition will include a video that will provide information about depression and how to seek help but does not include a personal story. The tailored video interventions will be assigned based on participant demographics and will include adolescent protagonists varied by race/ethnicity and gender (Black girl, Black boy, White girl, White boy, Hispanic girl, Hispanic boy, nonbinary or transgender adolescent). Videos will be shown at baseline and 2 week follow-up. The investigators hypothesize that 1) Brief social contact-based video interventions will reduce stigma towards depression and increase treatment-seeking intentions and behavior compared to video control which provides information about depression and help seeking but does not include a personal story.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 8
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Brief video intervention (Black Girl) | Experimental | Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Black Girl)A brief social contact-based video with a Black girl protagonist |
| Brief video intervention (Black Boy) | Experimental | Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Black Boy)A brief social contact-based video with a Black boy protagonist |
| Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl) | Experimental | Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl)A brief social contact-based video with a Latinx girl protagonist |
| Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy) | Experimental | Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy)A brief social contact-based video with a Latinx boy protagonist |
| Brief video intervention (White Girl) | Experimental | Behavioral: Brief video intervention (White Girl)A brief social contact-based video with a White girl protagonist |
| Brief video intervention (White Boy) | Experimental | Behavioral: Brief video intervention (White Boy)A brief social contact-based video with a White boy protagonist |
| Brief video intervention (Nonbinary or transgender) | Experimental | Behavioral: Brief video intervention (Nonbinary or transgender)A brief social contact-based video with a nonbinary or transgender protagonist |
| Control | Active comparator | Behavioral: Control ConditionA brief video control condition with psychoeducation on depression and help seeking |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 14 to 18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Ages 14-18
- English speaking
- US Residents
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Age less than 14 or greater than 18
- Non-English speaking
- Non-US Resident
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Brief video intervention (Black Girl)A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Black girl, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope. | Behavioural | Brief video intervention (Black Girl) |
| Brief video intervention (Black Boy)A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Black boy, a professional actor, sharing his scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope. | Behavioural | Brief video intervention (Black Boy) |
| Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl)A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Latinx girl, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope. | Behavioural | Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl) |
| Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy)A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young Latinx boy, a professional actor, sharing his scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope. | Behavioural | Brief video intervention (Latinx Boy) |
| Brief video intervention (White Girl)A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young White girl, a professional actor, sharing her scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope. | Behavioural | Brief video intervention (White Girl) |
| Brief video intervention (White Boy)A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young White boy, a professional actor, sharing his scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope. | Behavioural | Brief video intervention (White Boy) |
| Brief video intervention (Nonbinary or transgender)A brief social contact-based video. The video presented a young nonbinary or transgender adolescent, a professional actor, sharing their scripted personal story of struggles with depression and raising themes of recovery and hope. | Behavioural | Brief video intervention (Nonbinary or transgender) |
| Control ConditionA video that will provide information about depression and how to seek help but does not include a personal story. | Behavioural | Control |
Primary outcome
Depression Stigma
Time frame: Baseline
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Depression Stigma
Time frame: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Depression Stigma
Time frame: 2 week follow-up
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Depression Stigma
Time frame: 4 week follow-up
The Depression Stigma Scale (DSS) is a self-report scale comprised of two 9-item subscales measuring participants' personal beliefs about depression and participants' beliefs about others' attitudes (Griffiths et al., 2004). The current study will only utilize the personal beliefs subscale. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5). Scores range from 9 to 45. Higher scores indicate more stigma.
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Time frame: Baseline
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Time frame: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Time frame: 2 week follow-up
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help
Time frame: 4 week follow-up
Treatment seeking intentions will be measured using three items from the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS) Scale (Elhai et al., 2008). Items include: 'I might want to have psychological counselling in the future', 'I would want to get psychological help if I were worried or upset for a long period of time' and 'A person with an emotional problem is not likely to solve it alone; he or she is more likely to solve it with professional help'. Responses range from 1 (disagree) to 4 (agree). Total scores range from 3 to 12 with higher scores indicating higher treatment seeking intentions.
13 secondary outcomes
Emotional engagement
Time frame: Post (immediately after the videos are shown
Emotional engagement
Time frame: 2 week follow-up
Treatment related stigma
Time frame: Baseline
Treatment related stigma
Time frame: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
Treatment related stigma
Time frame: 2 week follow-up
Treatment related stigma
Time frame: 4 week follow-up
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Time frame: Baseline
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Time frame: Post (immediately after the videos are shown)
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Time frame: 2 week follow-up
Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE V3)
Time frame: 4 week follow-up
Mental Health Treatment
Time frame: Baseline
Actual help seeking
Time frame: 2 week follow-up
Actual help seeking
Time frame: 4 week follow-up
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 4 Sep 2024.
- Background: PubMed 15458995Griffiths KM, Christensen H, Jorm AF, Evans K, Groves C. Effect of web-based depression literacy and cognitive-behavioural therapy interventions on stigmatising attitudes to depression: randomised controlled trial. Br J Psychiatry. 2004 Oct;185:342-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.185.4.342.
- Background: PubMed 18433879Elhai JD, Schweinle W, Anderson SM. Reliability and validity of the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form. Psychiatry Res. 2008 Jun 30;159(3):320-9. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.04.020. Epub 2008 Apr 22.
- Backgroundde Vreede T, Andel SA, de Vreede GJ, Spector P, Singh V, Padmanabhan B. What is engagement and how do we measure it? Toward a domain independent definition and scale. Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. 2019, Hawaii. p. 749-758.
- Background: PubMed 22546012Clement S, Brohan E, Jeffery D, Henderson C, Hatch SL, Thornicroft G. Development and psychometric properties the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation scale (BACE) related to people with mental ill health. BMC Psychiatry. 2012 Jun 20;12:36. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-36.
- Background: PubMed 32975438Brenner RE, Colvin KF, Hammer JH, Vogel DL. Using Item Response Theory to Develop Revised (SSOSH-7) and Ultra-Brief (SSOSH-3) Self-Stigma of Seeking Help Scales. Assessment. 2021 Jul;28(5):1488-1499. doi: 10.1177/1073191120958496. Epub 2020 Sep 25.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 42250491Markman R, Steier K, Fisch CT, Jankowski S, DiGiovanni M, Dixon LB, Martin A, Amsalem D. Depression stigma, treatment-seeking intentions, and barriers to care among adolescents: demographic factors in a crowdsourced sample. Psychiatry Res. 2026 Jun 1;364:117250. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2026.117250. Online ahead of print.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Brief video intervention (Black Girl), Brief video intervention (Black Boy) and Brief video intervention (Latinx Girl) in people with Stigma, Social and Mental Health Disorder, run by New York State Psychiatric Institute at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Sep 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Depression Stigma (time frame: Baseline). The study lists 8 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06222528, which also lists 6 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Sep 2024.