Trial reportThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2021
Outcomes of a Metaintervention to Improve Treatment Engagement Among Young Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses: Application of a Pilot Randomized Explanatory Design.
Trial report in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Case Study Analysis of a Decision Coaching Intervention for Young Adults with Early Psychosis.Community mental health journal · 2025Trial
- Impact of a brief intervention to improve engagement in a recovery program for young adults with serious mental illness.Schizophrenia research · 2022Trial
- Applying the ADAPT-ITT Framework to Develop a Team-based Mental Health Support Model for Young Adults Transitioning from Homelessness to Housing.Children and youth services review · 2026Article
- Community-based service engagement intervention for young adults with schizophrenia in China: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Developing a trauma-informed peer support framework for young adults (TIPS-YA): Building on lessons from the field.Psychiatric rehabilitation journal · 2026Article
- Social Support Among Minoritized Emerging Adults With Serious Psychological Health Issues.Emerging adulthood (Print) · 2026Article
- Study protocol for a feasibility evaluation of Charge Up!: an adaptation of Critical Time Intervention for young adults moving from homelessness to housing.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- A Brief Engagement Intervention Adapted for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults in Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Pilot Optimization Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Social Determinants, Mental Well-Being, and Disrupted Life Transitions Among Young Adults with Disabling Mental Health Conditions.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2025Article
- Choice Matters: The Moderating Effect of Choice on the Relationship Between Mental Health Personal Recovery and Symptomatology.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
- Stigma Among Historically Marginalized Young Adults with Serious Mental Illnesses: A Mixed Methods Study.Stigma and health · 2025Article
- Childhood adversities and suicidal ideation among young adults with serious mental illnesses: The mediating roles of perceived stress, dispositional hope, and mental health hope.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- Perspectives on the implementation and collaborative facilitation of an intervention to engage young adults in psychiatric rehabilitation.Psychiatric rehabilitation journal · 2024Article
- How Does Individual Psychotherapy Promote Recovery for Persons with Psychosis? A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies to Understand the Patient's Experience.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Programmatic Support for Peer Specialists that Serve Transition Age Youth Living with Serious Mental Illness: Perspectives of Program Managers from Two Southern California Counties.Community mental health journal · 2023Article
- Peer-Facilitated Decision Making in Mental Health: Promises, Pitfalls, and Recommendations for Research and Practice.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Article
- Ethnic identity, stress, and personal recovery outcomes among young adults with serious mental health conditions.Psychiatric rehabilitation journal · 2022Article
- A Systematic Review of Music-Based Interventions to Improve Treatment Engagement and Mental Health Outcomes for Adolescents and Young Adults.Child & adolescent social work journal : C & A · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe objective of this study was to conduct a preliminary evaluation of a new young adult-centered metaintervention to improve treatment engagement among those with serious mental illness.
methodsYoung adults, clinic staff, and policy makers provided feedback on the intervention, which is a two-module engagement program provided by a clinician and person with lived experience (peer) during intake. A two-group pilot randomized explanatory trial design was conducted, comparing treatment as usual with treatment as usual plus the engagement program, Just Do You. The primary outcomes were treatment engagement and presumed mediators of program effects measured at 3 months after baseline.
resultsThe randomized explanatory trial indicated that young adults in Just Do You were more engaged in treatment than treatment as usual and that changes in several mediators of engagement occurred. Mechanisms that demonstrated between-group differences were stigma, perceived expertise of providers, trust in providers, and beliefs about the benefits of treatment. Results also provide diagnostic information on mediators that the program failed to change, such as hope, self-efficacy, and emotional reactions to treatment. These results inform next steps in the development of this promising intervention.
conclusionsJust Do You illustrated feasibility, acceptability and preliminary impact. It represents an innovative metaintervention that has promise for improving treatment engagement in mental health services among young adults who have a history of poor engagement.
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