Can Brain-Training strategies unlock jobs and school success for young adults with psychosis?
NCT ID NCT07749105
First seen Aug 06, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether adding a 12-session cognitive self-management program to usual supported employment and education services helps young adults with first episode psychosis improve their work and school outcomes. Participants are randomized to receive either standard services alone or standard services plus the program, which teaches strategies for attention, memory, planning, and problem-solving. The study tracks employment and education participation, cognitive function, and confidence in everyday cognitive tasks over 18 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Thinking Skills for Work-Cognitive Self-Management Program (CSM), a 12-session behavioral intervention
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this program could offer a practical, non-drug way to help young adults with early psychosis build cognitive skills and achieve their work or school goals.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply broadly. The program's success depends on participant engagement and may not outperform standard services.
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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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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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15 to 32 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: 1. currently in their first 18 months of enrollment in the CSC program 2. at least 15 years of age 3. receiving SEE services but not employed or enrolled in school 4. have the desire to work or resume school. Exclusion Criteria: 1\) Young adults who are not fluent in english
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Border Region Behavioral Health Care
RECRUITINGLaredo, Texas, 78041, United States
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Community Healthcore
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLongview, Texas, 75604, United States
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Pecan Valley Centers for Behavioral and Developmental Healthcare
RECRUITINGGranbury, Texas, 76048, United States
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West Texas Centers Promoting Behavioral and Developmental Health
RECRUITINGBig Spring, Texas, 79720, United States
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