Friendship Bench for Women Who Use Methamphetamine in Vietnam
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorHanoi Medical University
About this trial
The high comorbidity of mental health issues and meth use in women worsens both their mental health and meth use outcomes. The study team proposes to evaluate the potential of Friendship Bench to be used as a low-threshold, task-shifting mental health intervention among women who use methamphetamine in Vietnam - a lower-middle-income country. The study will provide preliminary data for a R01 trial testing the effectiveness Friendship Bench to improve mental health and methamphetamine use outcomes among women who use methamphetamine in Vietnam.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult women (>=18 years old)
Moderate or greater risk for meth use (ASSIST ≥ 4)
Moderate or greater CMD symptom severity (Depression ≥ 10, Anxiety ≥ 8, and/or Stress ≥ 15 on DASS-21)
Disqualifiers
Severe psychotic disorders or other interfering problems that require specialty care;
Inability to understand study procedures by the research team's judgment.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Friendship Bench
- Usual psychiatric care
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Hanoi Medical University
Lead sponsor
Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
Collaborator
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborator
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov