New digital assistant aims to boost school mental health care for teens
NCT ID NCT06728683
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study tested a new digital tool called Assist-MH, designed to help school mental health providers create personalized treatment plans for teens aged 12 to 17 with depression and anxiety. The tool offers both provider-led strategies and self-paced digital activities for students. Researchers evaluated the tool's usability and value with 41 participants, including providers and students.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Assist-MH digital support system
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this tool could help school mental health providers offer more personalized care to teens with depression and anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, early-stage study focused on usability and feasibility, not on proving the tool improves mental health outcomes. Results may not apply broadly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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41 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * must be a SMH provider (providing services to 12- to 17-year-old students) or a student (12 to 17 years old) * must have access to internet * must be English language proficient. * No one will be excluded based on gender, race, or ethnic background.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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3-C Institute for Social Development, Inc
Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
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