Official Title: Investigating an Innovative Mentoring Model for Improving Effectiveness and Equity of Community-Based Support for Youth From Low-Resource Families With Mental Health Challenges
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: SMART
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to test effects of the Great Life Mentoring GLM program on the mental health and adaptive functioning on school-age youth ages 9-16 from low-income families who are receiving outpatient mental health services The main questions it aims to answer are
Does participation in the GLM program improve mental health and related outcomes among school-age youth 9- to 16-years-old from low-income families as an adjunct to outpatient mental health services 180 youth will be enrolled in the study and assigned randomly to either continue mental health services as usual SAU or to continue mental health services while also participating in GLM SAUGLM Participating youth and their parentguardians and therapists will be surveyed annually Mental health services records also will be obtained with appropriate permissions Researchers will compare the SAU and SAUGLM groups to see if participation in GLM has an effect on the mental health and related outcomes of study youth