Brief Intervention Addressing Stigma Among Parents of Children With Mental Health Problems
Key facts
- Who runs it
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 1,600 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Oct 2026
- Expected to end
- 1 Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 4 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Brief video
- Record updated
- 3 September 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 25 years to 50 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Can take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Self-identify as English Speaking
- Live in the US
- Ages 25-50
- Have a child 6-18 years old with either depression, ADHD, or a substance use problem
Who cannot take part
- Do not have a child between ages 6-18 with depression, ADHD, or a substance use problem
- Do not speak English
- Do not live in the US
- <25 or >50
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 25 and 50 years old?
Where in United States
- Columbia University Irving Medical CenterNew York, United StatesContact: Doron Amsalem, MDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this study is to test the efficacy of brief video interventions parental internalized stigma and stigma-related outcomes (e.g., treatment intentions, caregiver burden, secrecy) among parents (ages 25-50) of children ages 6-18 with depression, ADHD, or substance use problems.
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Timely identification and treatment of mental health problems in youth is a public health priority. However, many youth do not receive treatment, and stigma has been identified as the primary barrier to help-seeking. Parents experience stigma related to their children having mental health problems, which has been associated with reduced help-seeking and increased parental distress. Prior experiments have found brief video-based interventions (BVIs), 1-2 minute videos similar to those viewed by youth on social media platforms, based on the principle of "social contact" with individuals affected by a stigmatized condition, effective in reducing mental health stigma and increasing help-seeking.
In this 4-arm RCT, the investigators will recruit parents aged 25-50 using an online crowdsourcing platform, to test the efficacy of BVIs featuring a personal parent narrative of their experience with their child's a) depression, b) ADHD, or c) substance use, or d) a control condition that provides general written psychoeducational information without social contact.
The 4 groups in the trial
- Experimental: Depression social contact brief videoTreatment being tested
Novel brief video (1-2 mins) in which a mother talks about their child's depression, impact of the parent, how parent helped support recovery
Treatment: Brief video
- Experimental: ADHD social contact brief videoTreatment being tested
Novel brief video (1-2 mins) in which a mother talks about their child's ADHD, impact on the parent, how parent helped support recovery
Treatment: Brief video
- Experimental: substance use social contact brief videoTreatment being tested
Novel brief video (1-2 mins) in which a mother talks about their child's depression, impact on the parent, how parent helped support recovery
Treatment: Brief video
- ControlNo study treatment, for comparison
Written psychoeducational information about children's mental health, treatment options, and how parents can support child
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- RCT of Brief Intervention Addressing Stigma Among Parents of Children With Mental Health Problems
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07594730, who can take part
- Record updated
- 3 September 2026