Mi Bridge - Motivational Interviewing to Facilitate Help-seeking Among Individuals with Sexual Interest in Children
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorKarolinska Institutet
About this trial
The overall aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Mi Bridge to motivate high risk participants to admit to treatment.
The main research question is:
Is Mi Bridge, an anonymous online program based on the principles for Motivational Interviewing, effective in making high risk individuals for committing child sexual abuse prone to seek treatment for problems related to sexual interest involving children at a health care facility?
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Sufficient language skills: English, Swedish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, German, or Spanish
Concerns about sexual interest regarding children
CSAM use past six month
High risk for committing child sexual abuse according to the SChiMRA scale
Disqualifiers
Participants with a severe psychiatric illness (such as high acute suicide risk or severe substance abuse) will be excluded, or lack of serious intentions to participate.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Behavioral: MiBridge
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Karolinska Institutet
Lead sponsor
Region Stockholm
Collaborator
Linkoeping University
Collaborator
Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Collaborator
Protect Children Organisation, Finland
Collaborator
National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic
Collaborator
Academy of the Police Force, Bratislava, Slovakia
Collaborator
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov