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Mood Lifters is a revolutionary mental wellness program that teaches scientifically validated strategies in a supportive group setting. This study will test two new versions of the program designed specifically for graduate students and young professionals.
Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what the participants learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness. Additionally, participants will complete a series of measures (approx. 1-1.5 hours) prior to, at the end of the program, 1 month after the program and 6 months after the program.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate Student Program | Experimental | This is the graduate student version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns. |
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| Young Professional Program | Experimental | This is the young professional version of the program. The original program has been tailored to this population to meet its specific needs and address its specific concerns. |
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| Waitlist | No Intervention | This is the waitlist. Participants may be randomly assigned here first. After the typical period fo the intervention on the waitlist (12 weeks), these participants will be invited to join the arm which they are most appropriate for (i.e., graduate student or young professional). |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mood Lifters | Behavioral | Participants will need to attend 12 hour long virtual weekly meetings on Zoom that focus on helpful mental health strategies and skills. Participants will be encourage to practice what they learn at home in order to improve their mood or mental wellness. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 | Assesses Depressive Symptoms (Range 0-27; higher scores indicate more significant symptoms of depression) | through study completion, an average of 1 year |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 7 | Assesses Anxiety Symptoms (Range 0-21; higher scores indicate more significant symptoms of anxiety) | through study completion, an average of 1 year |
| Perceived Stress Scale | Assesses Perceived stress (Range 0-40; higher scores indicate more significant perceived stress) | through study completion, an average of 1 year |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48103 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 37616078 | Result | Garg T, Votta CM, Prakash N, Deldin PJ. An investigation into the effectiveness of Mood Lifters in the context of trauma exposure. Psychol Serv. 2024 Aug;21(3):518-528. doi: 10.1037/ser0000789. Epub 2023 Aug 24. | |
| 38540555 | Result | Pokowitz EL, Prakash N, Planaj D, Oprandi S, Deldin PJ. Mood Lifters for Graduate Students and Young Adults: A Mixed-Methods Investigation into Mechanisms of Change in Online Group Therapy. Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Mar 20;14(3):252. doi: 10.3390/bs14030252. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D003863 | Depression |
| D001008 | Anxiety Disorders |
| D019964 | Mood Disorders |
| D001523 | Mental Disorders |
| ID | Term |
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| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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| 37732972 | Result | Prakash N, Votta CM, Deldin PJ. Treatment for graduate students: Blunting the emotional toll of postgraduate education. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2023 Dec;91(12):708-716. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000844. Epub 2023 Sep 21. |