Can peer mentors bridge the mental health gap for latinos?
NCT ID NCT07529509
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study is testing whether a culturally responsive, peer-delivered motivational interviewing program can help Latinos with serious mental illness engage in mental health treatment. Thirty participants who are not currently in treatment will receive six weekly one-hour coaching sessions. The main goal is to see if the program is feasible and acceptable, not yet to measure its effectiveness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- culturally responsive motivational interviewing (peer-delivered)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a practical, community-based way to help more Latinos with serious mental illness start and stay in treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 30 participants. It is designed to test if the approach is acceptable, not whether it works. Results may not apply to other groups or settings.
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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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Meet criteria for serious mental illness * Not in treatment * 18 years of age or older * Reside in CT * Self-identify as Latino * Speak English and/or Spanish * History of trauma * Have not received any treatment in the past 30 days * Willing and able to be contacted for follow-up Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals in formal mental health treatment in the past 30 days * Have a life-threatening or unstable medical, surgical, or psychiatric condition * Inability to provide \> 1 form of contact information * Anticipate being unable to return for a follow-up assessment * Reported active risk of suicide or homicide * Fail capacity to consent * Cognitively impaired * Currently in jail or other overnight facilities as required by courts or law
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fellowship Place
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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Program for Recovery and Community Health
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06513, United States
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