Clairity in a University Mental Health Clinic

Feasibility and Effectiveness of the Clairity Tool in a University Mental Health Clinic

This is a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Clairity tool within the university setting for students who are being seen by a mental health provider.

In this study, the investigators plan to evaluate the effect of the Clairity process in a university setting. The Clairity process will be implemented as a 15-20 minute "between-the-visit" mental health check-in between a patient and clinical staff. Clairity will record and analyze patient speech using artificial intelligence algorithms developed for early detection and monitoring of mental health and suicidal risk. This study will be the first to return Clairity results real time to the clinician. The study employs a mixed-methods design, using rolling recruitment of clients of the Xavier University Psychological services clinic (XUPS) during the 2022-2023 school year. Study-trained clinical research coordinators will begin enrolling participants after completing the online protocol training and brief human subject's protection training.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18 years old
• Currently a client receiving services from XUPS
• Able to provide informed consent
• Speaks and understands English fluently
• Willing to abide by all research procedures

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with communication disorders (linguistic or articulation) or who cannot articulate clearly in English.
• Participants with an intellectual and/or neurocognitive disability that the study staff deems a barrier to participation.
• History of any other serious medical or psychiatric condition that would interfere with the ability of the patient to complete the study or would make it ethically unfeasible to enroll.
• Any participant, who at the discretion of the study staff, should not be enrolled.