Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2022
Electronic bridge to mental health for college students: A randomized controlled intervention trial.
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- Gender in suicide prevention in adolescents and young adults: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance of Digital Mental Health Interventions for College Students: A Systematic Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Pooled it
- A Randomized Controlled Trial With an Internal Pilot of a Co-Designed App Targeting Upstream Suicide-Related Risk and Protective Factors Among International Students.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Trial
- Effect of a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based AI Chatbot on Depression and Loneliness in Chinese University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial With Financial Stress Moderation.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Low-burden preventative digital mental health interventions for first-year college students: A pilot feasibility microrandomized trial.Internet interventions · 2026Article
- Interventions to improve mental health help-seeking attitudes, intentions and behaviors: A systematic review of recent advances.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- The Bud App: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial with an internal pilot phase targeting modifiable risk and protective factors for suicide among international students.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
- Attitudes and barriers to mobile mental health interventions among first-year college students: a mixed-methods study.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Digital interventions on Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of College and University students.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Review
- Telehealth engagement and treatment strategies for adults living with alcohol use disorder: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- A latent profile analysis of at-risk first-year undergraduate students.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
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- Suicidality and Alcohol Use as Predictors of Future Suicidal Behavior in College Students.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2022Article
- Suicide risk profiles and barriers to professional help-seeking among college students with elevated risk for suicide.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Engagement With Personalized Feedback for Emotional Distress Among College Students at Elevated Suicide Risk.Behavior therapy · 2022Article
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objectiveSuicide is the second leading cause of death among college students in the United States, and the percentage of students reporting suicidal thoughts is increasing. Nevertheless, many students at risk do not seek mental health (MH) services. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) examined the efficacy of Electronic Bridge to Mental Health for College Students (eBridge) for increasing at-risk students' linkage to MH services.
methodStudents from four universities were recruited via email; 40,347 (22.6%) completed the online suicide risk screen; and 3,363 (8.3%) met criteria for randomization based on suicide risk factors and lack of current treatment (62.2% female, 35.0% male, 2.8% transgender/nonbinary; 73.2% White, 7.0% Black, 19.9% Asian, 11.7% other; 12.4% Hispanic, 76.2% undergraduate). These students were randomized to eBridge [personalized feedback (PF) with option of online counseling] or Control (PF). The primary outcome was linkage to MH services within 6 months.
resultsAmong students assigned to eBridge, 355 students (21.0%) posted ≥1 message, and 168 (10.0%) posted ≥2 messages to the counselor. In intent-to-treat analyses, there was no eBridge effect on obtaining MH services. However, within the eBridge group, students who posted ≥1 message were significantly more likely to link to MH services.
conclusionseBridge shows promise for reaching a relatively small subset of college students at risk for suicide; however, engagement in eBridge was low. This study underscores the urgent need for more effective strategies to engage young adults in online mental health interventions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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