Affirmative Psychotherapy for Sexual Minority Women's Mental and Behavioral Health

Description

The purpose of this 2-arm randomized controlled trial is to assess the efficacy of a 10-session lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)-affirmative cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) delivered via telehealth in a large sample of sexual minority women (SMW) in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The investigators will assess whether the EQuIP (Empowering Queer Identities in Psychotherapy) treatment demonstrates significant reductions in heavy drinking (HD) and mental health symptoms (e.g., depression) compared to LGBTQ-affirmative treatment-as-usual.

Conditions

Heavy Drinking, Mental Health Issue

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Study overview

The purpose of this 2-arm randomized controlled trial is to assess the efficacy of a 10-session lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ)-affirmative cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) delivered via telehealth in a large sample of sexual minority women (SMW) in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The investigators will assess whether the EQuIP (Empowering Queer Identities in Psychotherapy) treatment demonstrates significant reductions in heavy drinking (HD) and mental health symptoms (e.g., depression) compared to LGBTQ-affirmative treatment-as-usual.

A Unified Protocol to Address Sexual Minority Women's Minority Stress, Mental Health and Hazardous Drinking

Affirmative Psychotherapy for Sexual Minority Women's Mental and Behavioral Health

Condition
Heavy Drinking
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

New York

Yale LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative with the Yale School of Public Office, New York, New York, United States, 10001

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. be 18 years of age or older
  • 2. be fluent in English
  • 3. self-identify as lesbian, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or other non-heterosexual identity
  • 1. report current mental health treatment ≥1 day/mo
  • 2. report having received any CBT in the past 3 months
  • 3. report current alcohol or drug abuse treatment, except mutual self-help (e.g., Alcoholics Anonymous)
  • 4. need alcohol detoxification indicated by ≥9 on Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol-Revised (CIWA-Ar)
  • 5. exhibit active psychosis or active mania, as assessed by the Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-5 Disorders (SCID) Psych Screen
  • 6. exhibit active suicidality or active homicidality, as assessed by the SCID-Psych Screen
  • 7. be currently legally mandated to attend treatment
  • 8. demonstrate gross cognitive impairment, as assessed with the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Yale University,

John E Pachankis, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yale University

Tonda Hughes, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Columbia University

Study Record Dates

2027-06-01