Developing a Booster Session for Problem Management Plus in the Bahamas: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorThe New School

About this trial

Therapists at the Grand Bahama Resilience Center (GBRC) will be trained to deliver Problem Management Plus (PM+), a WHO intervention. Then, those therapists will deliver PM+ (5 one-on-one skills-based sessions) to a total of 50 adult clients experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties (excluding anyone with cognitive difficulties or psychosis). Participants will complete (de-identified) self-report survey assessments before PM+, after PM+, 3 months later, and 6 months later. After receiving 5 sessions of PM+, participants will be randomized to either receive a one-time booster session of PM+ (to be co-created by the PI and the GBRC providers) three months later or to a control group which will receive a phone call reminding them that they will receive their third assessment soon.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Adults of 18 years or above

English-speaking

A score of <91 on Global Assessment of Functioning

Located in the Bahamas

Disqualifiers

● Imminent suicide risk (assessed at screening using Columbia Suicide-Severity Rating Scale, see document titled " Screener updated 10-30- 24")

Severe mental disorder (e.g. psychotic disorders)

Severe cognitive impairment (e.g. severe intellectual disability or dementia)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Problem Management Plus booster session

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators