NCT06608498

DMHI for At-Risk College Students

User-Centered Design of a Single-Module Digital Mental Health Intervention for College Students at Risk for Psychosis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a single-session digital intervention (SPARK Coping) is acceptable, usable, and demonstrates a preliminary signal of efficacy in reducing symptom-related distress and increasing positive treatment-seeking attitudes among college students reporting subthreshold symptoms associated with risk for psychosis. Research questions inclue: * Does SPARK Coping reduce symptom-related distress and increase positive treatment seeking attitudes (primary outcomes) relative to a waitlist control condition? * Does SPARK Coping increase adaptive coping and reduce internalized stigma (primary targets) relative to a waitlist control condition? Researchers will compare provision of SPARK Coping to a waitlist control condition and collect data from participants on each of the variables described above. Participants will: * Complete questionnaires and surveys remotely at the start of the study and two weeks later * Be offered access to the SPARK Coping intervention either after completion of their baseline assessment (intervention arm) or after two weeks (waitlist control arm).

Conditions

• Prodromal Symptoms
• Psychosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	SPARK Coping	SPARK Coping is a single-session intervention providing psychoeducation and structured practices related to stigma reduction, cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, and effective coping. It is a self-guided website powered by research data capture software.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-04
• Primary completion: 2025-01-06
• Completion: 2025-01-06
• First posted: 2024-09-23
• Last updated: 2025-12-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States