Mental Health clinical trials at University of California Health
19 in progress, 13 open to eligible people
Adolescent Acts of Kindness Intervention With Reflection
open to eligible people ages 14-17
Adolescents will complete a 4-week intervention, during which they will either complete a kind act for others, complete a kind act for others with a reflection component, or report their daily activities three days per week. Psychological measures…
at UCLA
Biological and Behavioral Outcomes of Community Nature Walks
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The investigators will test the efficacy of our proposed intervention to reduce embodied stress in four racial/ethnic groups (Black, Latinx, Pilipinx, and Pacific Islander) as a preventative intervention for health disparities found in these…
at UCSF
Conscious Pregnancy: Supporting Maternal Cardiometabolic Health With Mindfulness
open to eligible females ages 18 years and up
A pilot randomized control trial (RCT) to examine the efficacy of a culturally tailored mindfulness intervention upon fasting cardiometabolic factors (including markers of glycemic control) and inflammatory gene expression in n=60 (n=30…
at UC Irvine
Pomona Household Universal Grant (HUG) Program
open to eligible people ages 18 years and up
The City of Pomona is launching the Pomona Household Universal Grant (HUG) program in the Summer of 2024. Pomona HUG is a pilot project that will provide 250 parents/caregivers with children under 4 years old $500 a month for 18 months. Pomona's…
at UCLA
Family Mental Health Family Navigator Project (FMHN)
open to eligible people ages 6-17
This study will focus on developing and testing a family-based mental health navigator intervention, the Family Mental Health Navigator (FMHN), to evaluate whether the intervention combined with mHealth is preliminary efficacious in improving mental …
at UCSF
Healthcare Providers as Trusted Messengers to Increase Receipt of Tax Credits Among Low-income Families
open to eligible people ages 18-99
The purpose of this study is to pilot test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of healthcare provider referrals to a tax filing app within parent-child health programs to test whether such referrals can increase receipt of tax…
at UCLA
Intervention for Virologic Suppression in Youth
open to eligible people ages 18-29
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the effect of a technology-based intervention with an Adaptive Treatment Strategy (ATS) among youth living with HIV (YLWH) (18-29 years old). This piloted and protocolized intervention combines:…
at UCSF
Optimizing Engagement in Services for First-Episode Psychosis
open to eligible people ages 15-35
This study will compare a 12-session behavioral activation (BA) intervention modified for first-episode psychosis (FEP) to usual community mental health care (i.e., treatment-as-usual; TAU) delivered over 6 months with a sample of Latinos with FEP…
at UCLA
Parenting Stress mHealth
open to eligible people ages 12 years and up
Parenting stress is a well-documented barrier to youth engagement in community-based substance use treatment. The current project aims to develop and evaluate a mobile health parenting stress intervention for caregivers of justice-involved youth, a…
at UCSF
Resources, Inspiration, Support and Empowerment (RISE) for Black Pregnant Women
open to eligible females ages 18-65
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) encompass a range of mental health disorders that occur during pregnancy and up to one year postpartum. Approximately 13% of women experience PMADs. This rate doubles for those with adverse perinatal…
at UCLA
TEAMS R34 #1 After-Action Reviews in Child Welfare Services
open to eligible people ages 6 years and up
This project proposes to improve successful mental health service linkage in Child Welfare Services (CWS) by adapting and testing the After Action Review (AAR) team effectiveness intervention to augment the Child Family Team (CFT) services…
at UCSD
Children's Bipolar Network Treatment Trial I
open to eligible people ages 9-19
This is a naturalistic treatment and follow-up study of youth with bipolar spectrum disorders (BSDs) across four US sites of The Childhood Bipolar Network (CBN). CBN sites have expertise in diagnosing, assessing, and treating BSDs in youth. The…
at UCLA
Ethnic Influences on Stress, Energy Balance and Obesity in Adolescents
open to eligible females ages 13-17
The study will examine the mechanisms linking race, stress and biobehavioral factors to energy balance and obesity in both natural and controlled environments in African-American and Caucasian adolescent females. A Hispanic/Latina cohort has…
at UC Irvine
Black Economic Equity Movement
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
The primary goal is to understand the potential impacts of Guaranteed Income (GI) on Black youth and young adults' financial, emotional, and physical well-being. The main question it aims to answer is: What are the impacts of GI on Black young…
at UCSF
By Youth, For Youth: Digital Supported Peer Navigation for Addressing Child Mental Health Inequities
Sorry, not yet accepting patients
Black and Latino youth are more likely to experience an unmet mental health or psychosocial need than do their white counterparts. Schools and primary care clinics are ideal hubs to provide mental health, healthcare, social services, and prevention…
at UCLA UCSF
Daily Blood Glucose Trends in Patients at Risk for Diabetes
Sorry, not yet accepting patients
The goal of this study is to learn about the relationship between blood sugar, diet, stress, and metabolic parameters including waist circumference, body mass index (BMI), cholesterol levels and blood pressure in patients at risk for diabetes. The…
at UCLA
Foster Care Mental Health Family Navigator
Sorry, in progress, not accepting new patients
This study will focus on developing and testing a family-based mental health navigator intervention, the Foster Care Family Navigator (FCFN), to evaluate whether the intervention combined with mHealth would be efficacious in improving mental health…
at UCSF
Fuerte Program for Newcomer Immigrant Youth
Sorry, accepting new patients by invitation only
The present study is a randomized control trial to evaluate the efficacy and effectiveness of a school-based group prevention program (Fuerte) in San Francisco Unified School District Public Schools. In addition, the present study will also inform…
at UCSF
RCT for Latina Mental Health Using Web-Based Apps
Sorry, not yet accepting patients
This study compares a choice-driven, interactive, evidence-informed storytelling web-based app intervention with links to resources and treatment (Tx) recommendations (made by a character via her blog) and Tx locator, to a web-based app with links…
at UCLA
Our lead scientists for Mental Health research studies include Karen L Lindsay, RD, PhD Sheri A Lippman, PhD Johanna B Folk, PhD William Martinez, PhD Uma Rao, MD Karol Watson, MD, PhD Andrew J Fuligni, PhD Parya Sabari, PharmD David J. Miklowitz, PhD Marina Tolou-Shams, Ph.D Lauren E Gyllenhammer, PhD Danielle Fettes.
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