Project 2: Optimizing Engagement and Outcomes in STAND Digital Therapy

Description

The goal is to optimize peer coaching in order to optimize engagement and outcomes in digital therapy. The unmet mental health needs of community college students are staggering and a growing body of research demonstrates that therapy provided digitally with the assistance of trained community members without advanced degrees in mental health is an effective and scalable way to address these needs. Despite being effective for improving symptoms and functioning in those who engage in it, uptake and engagement in digital therapy is generally quite low. Recent research suggests that this is especially true of Latinx individuals, who tend to have unique and significant unmet mental health needs. To address these issues, Project 2 will examine treatment engagement, treatment satisfaction, symptoms and functioning outcomes among Latinx students at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) receiving digital therapy with peer coaching in the STAND program.

Conditions

Depression, Anxiety

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Study overview

The goal is to optimize peer coaching in order to optimize engagement and outcomes in digital therapy. The unmet mental health needs of community college students are staggering and a growing body of research demonstrates that therapy provided digitally with the assistance of trained community members without advanced degrees in mental health is an effective and scalable way to address these needs. Despite being effective for improving symptoms and functioning in those who engage in it, uptake and engagement in digital therapy is generally quite low. Recent research suggests that this is especially true of Latinx individuals, who tend to have unique and significant unmet mental health needs. To address these issues, Project 2 will examine treatment engagement, treatment satisfaction, symptoms and functioning outcomes among Latinx students at East Los Angeles College (ELAC) receiving digital therapy with peer coaching in the STAND program.

Project 2: Optimizing Engagement and Outcomes in STAND Digital Therapy

Project 2: Optimizing Engagement and Outcomes in STAND Digital Therapy

Condition
Depression
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles, California, United States, 91754

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

  • * Currently enrolled in the East Los Angeles College
  • * Either uninsured or covered by California Medicaid
  • * Own or have private access to internet to complete the assessments and online prevention and therapy programs
  • * Self-identify as Latinx.
  • * Unable to fully comprehend the consent form, respond adequately to screening questions, or maintain focus or to sit still during assessment
  • * Diagnosed with disorders requiring more specialized care (e.g., psychotic disorder, severe eating disorder, severe substance use disorder, severe neurological disorder), or marked cognitive impairment
  • * Currently treated by psychiatrist or psychologist during timeframe that the treatment is offered through STAND and is unwilling to fully transfer care to STAND

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 40 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Los Angeles,

Amy Sewart, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Los Angeles

Kate Taylor, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Los Angeles

Study Record Dates

2026-04-30