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Can a Four-Session talk therapy course ease medical Students' anxiety?

NCT ID NCT07813520

Symptom relief Sponsor: University of Guadalajara Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

Researchers at the University of Guadalajara are testing whether a short acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) program can reduce anxiety in medical students. The program runs four in-person group sessions that teach students to accept difficult thoughts and feelings, step back from them, and focus on what matters to them. About 135 students in their first to third semesters take part, with anxiety measured before and after using a standard questionnaire. A comparison group receives a single 90-minute mental health education session.

What this could mean

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Active substance
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a talk-based psychological intervention delivered in four group sessions
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer medical schools a short, low-cost way to help students manage anxiety and stress before it affects their studies or health.
What could go wrong
The trial is small and early, and students were assigned to groups by schedule rather than at random, so any benefit may not hold up in larger, stricter studies. Talk therapy also does not work for everyone.

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

135 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Aug 2024

Finished

Dec 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 26 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult medical students at the Health Sciences University Center of the University of Guadalajara * who were studying from first to third semesters were invited to participate. Exclusion Criteria: 1. students that were participating in other psychological of intervention program 2. students that did not complete all the sessions of the intervention.

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Conditions

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anxiety anxiety disorder Depression

As listed by the trial registrant

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Anxiety Depressive symptom Somatization Stress (psychology)

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Guadalajara, Health Sciences University Center

    Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44340, Mexico

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