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TOUCHminds: Help-seeking in Adolescents With Anxiety

RecruitingNAAges 15 Years - 19 YearsAllAveiro University
NCT07366580 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Adolescents frequently experience clinical and subclinical anxiety symptoms, yet many avoid seeking professional help. While universal interventions exist to promote help-seeking, targeted programs for adolescents with elevated anxiety symptoms remain scarce. Therefore, accessible and tailored strategies are needed to effectively promote help-seeking among this group. TOUCHminds is a web-based intervention designed to enhance help-seeking among adolescents with clinical or subclinical anxiety. The program consists of six self-guided modules featuring interactive activities (e.g., images, videos, simulation activities, and audio recordings), combined with three synchronous sessions led by a psychologist via videoconference. The intervention explicitly targets precursors of help-seeking, including mental health literacy, mental health stigma, self-compassion and readiness to change. This

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: For all experimental and control groups, the inclusion criteria are: * Aged between 15 and 19 years old at the time of screening; * Fluent in Portuguese; * Have access to a smartphone, tablet, or computer; * Have reliable internet access. Clinical Groups Specific: * Must meet criteria for a primary diagnosis of at least one anxiety disorder, as assessed by the MINI-KID (Rijo et al., 2016). Subclinical Groups Specific: * Must not meet diagnostic criteria for any mental health disorder, as assessed by the MINI-KID (Rijo et al., 2016). Exclusion Criteria: Exclusion criteria for all experimental and all control groups are: * Psychotic symptoms or suicidal risk as assessed via the Mini-Kid (Rijo et al., 2016); * Being part of the special needs teaching system. * Currently receiving psychological counselling.
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What it tests

  • TOUCHminds - Web-Based Intervention
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Where

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William James Center for Research, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro.
Aveiro, Portugal
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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