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Participants do not receive the intervention during the main study period but are assessed at the same time points as the intervention group: baseline (pre-intervention), post-intervention (9 weeks later), and 3-month follow-up. After completing the final assessment, they are granted access to the TOUCHminds intervention.",[27],{"type":28,"name":29,"description":30,"armGroupLabels":31,"otherNames":18},"BEHAVIORAL","TOUCHminds - Web-Based Intervention","A web-based intervention designed to promote help-seeking in adolescents with clinical or subclinical anxiety symptoms. The program combines six self-guided online modules with three individual videoconference sessions with a trained psychologist. It integrates core components from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), Motivational Interviewing, and the Transtheoretical Model of Change. The intervention is tailored to the developmental stage of adolescents and is delivered remotely to participants meeting the inclusion criteria.",[9,20],[33],{"name":34,"affiliation":35,"role":36},"Catarina Monteiro, M.Sc.","William James Center for Research, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro.","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[38],{"name":34,"role":39,"phone":40,"phoneExt":41,"email":42},"CONTACT","969232691","00351","catarinaamonteiro@ua.pt",[44],{"facility":35,"status":18,"city":45,"state":18,"zip":18,"country":46,"countryCode":47,"cosmosGeoPoint":48,"geoPoint":53,"contacts":54},"Aveiro","Portugal","PT",{"type":49,"coordinates":50},"Point",[51,52],-8.64643,40.64575,{"lat":52,"lon":51},[55,56,57,59],{"name":34,"role":39,"phone":40,"phoneExt":41,"email":42},{"name":34,"role":36,"phone":18,"phoneExt":18,"email":18},{"name":58,"role":36,"phone":18,"phoneExt":18,"email":18},"Paula Vagos, PhD",{"name":60,"role":36,"phone":18,"phoneExt":18,"email":18},"Daniel Rijo, PhD",{"type":36,"investigatorFullName":62,"investigatorTitle":63,"investigatorAffiliation":5,"oldNameTitle":18,"oldOrganization":18},"Paula Vagos","PhD",[65],{"name":66,"class":67},"Foundation for Science and Technology","UNKNOWN","100621127","touchminds-help-seeking-in-adolescents-with-anxiety-100621127",false,"NCT07366580","TOUCHminds: Help-seeking in Adolescents With Anxiety","TOUCHMinds: An RCT on Help-seeking for Adolescent Anxiety","TOUCHminds","Inclusion Criteria:\n\nFor all experimental and control groups, the inclusion criteria are:\n\n* Aged between 15 and 17 years old at the time of screening;\n* Fluent in Portuguese;\n* Have access to a smartphone, tablet, or computer;\n* Have reliable internet access.\n\nClinical Groups Specific:\n\n* Must meet criteria for a primary diagnosis of at least one anxiety disorder, as assessed by the MINI-KID (Rijo et al., 2016).\n\nSubclinical Groups Specific:\n\n* Must not meet diagnostic criteria for any mental health disorder, as assessed by the MINI-KID (Rijo et al., 2016).\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\nExclusion criteria for all experimental and all control groups are:\n\n* Psychotic symptoms or suicidal risk as assessed via the Mini-Kid (Rijo et al., 2016);\n* Being part of the special needs teaching system.\n* Currently receiving psychological counselling.",true,"ALL","15 Years","17 Years",{"count":81,"type":82},96,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[85],"NA","Adolescents frequently experience clinical and subclinical anxiety symptoms, yet many avoid seeking professional help. While universal interventions exist to promote help-seeking, targeted programs for adolescents with elevated anxiety symptoms remain scarce. Therefore, accessible and tailored strategies are needed to effectively promote help-seeking among this group.\n\nTOUCHminds is a web-based intervention designed to enhance help-seeking among adolescents with clinical or subclinical anxiety. The program consists of six self-guided modules featuring interactive activities (e.g., images, videos, simulation activities, and audio recordings), combined with three synchronous sessions led by a psychologist via videoconference. The intervention explicitly targets precursors of help-seeking, including mental health literacy, mental health stigma, self-compassion, readiness to change, and stage of change.\n\nThis research project comprises two studies. Study I, a feasibility study involving 10 adolescents aged 15 to 17, will assess recruitment procedures, dropout rates, usage patterns, therapist fidelity, acceptability, usability, satisfaction, and preliminary effects. Study II, a randomized controlled trial (RCT), intends to include 96 adolescents randomly assigned to four groups: clinical intervention, clinical control, subclinical intervention, and subclinical control. Clinical participants are those who meet diagnostic criteria for one or more anxiety disorders, whereas subclinical participants present high self-reported anxiety but no mental disorder diagnosis. Intervention effects will based on self-report assessments conducted at pre-intervention, post-intervention (9 weeks later), and at 3-month follow-up.\n\nThis research will provide evidence regarding the suitability and effectiveness of TOUCHminds in promoting help-seeking among adolescents experiencing different levels of anxiety symptoms. 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