NCT06803810

Peer to Peer (P2P): Mental Health Interventions With Persons With Substance Use Disorders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Prisma Health-Upstate · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study provides substance use and mental health peer support services to address behavioral health disparities in rural areas. Specifically, the project aims to address persistent mental health symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, that become barriers to care for patients working towards long-term recovery from co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Participants will be assessed and evaluated for opioid use disorder (OUD), social determinants of health (SDoH), and infectious diseases by a nurse practitioner and a social worker. A certified peer support specialist (CPSS) will provide additional support, connecting patients to sustainable mental health resources and implementing a modified version of the Friendship Bench intervention, which involves six weekly 45-minute problem-solving therapy sessions with the option to participate in six or more peer support sessions. The CPSS will follow the patient for up to 12 weeks.

Conditions

• Standard of Care
• P2P Intervention

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	P2P Intervention	This group will complete the same study visits as the standard care group with an additional week 3 visit and 6 CPSS-led therapy intervention sessions. These CPSS led sessions will be completed by the end of the 12week study period. At each study visit you will complete questionnaires.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-11
• Primary completion: 2025-12-29
• Completion: 2025-12-29
• First posted: 2025-01-31
• Last updated: 2026-02-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States