Engagement intervention versus treatment as usual for young adults with serious mental illness: a randomized pilot trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adults have elevated rates of mental health disorders, yet they often do not receive consistent care. The challenge of continuing to engage young adults has been pervasive worldwide. Few engagement interventions have been designed for young adults with serious mental illness. Just Do You is a theoretically guided engagement intervention. It uses innovative modalities (i.e., technology, expressive arts activities, narrative expression, mentoring) to engage participants in conversations about services and how they work, while simultaneously orienting them to treatment.

Methods/design

This pilot and feasibility study utilizes a hybrid research design, examining feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact, alongside implementation. The study combin

SUBMITTER: Munson MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7376671 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature