New therapy approach aims to keep minority teens in mental health care
NCT ID NCT06515236
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new method called Strategic Treatment Assessment for Youth (STAY) designed to help racial and ethnic minority teens with depression or suicidal thoughts stay in therapy. Researchers will compare STAY to standard care in 140 teens aged 12-18 across three community clinics. The goal is to see if culturally tailored measurement-based care improves treatment retention and reduces symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Strategic Treatment Assessment for Youth (STAY) - a culturally tailored measurement-based care approach
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more minority teens stay in mental health treatment and improve their depression and suicide risk outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 140 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral and may not work for everyone.
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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 140 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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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12 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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.
\*Note: This study includes data collection from mental health clinicians, youth, and parents/caregivers. The age limits for each participant group vary and are specified below. Inclusion Criteria for Aim 2 Adolescent client participants: * Age 12 to 18 * Identify as a racial or ethnic minoritized (i.e., Black or African American; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; Hispanic or Latinx) youth * Have at least moderate depression symptoms based on moderate range of a validated depression assessment collected at intake by the participating agency such as the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC) or Hamilton Depression Index with or without Parent- or adolescent- reported or healthcare provider- documented thoughts and/or behaviors related to self-harm or suicide in the three (3) months prior to first contact with participating agency * Assigned or triaged to work with one of the clinician participants included in the study (below) * Made first contact (e.g., initial phone call, attended intake appointment) with a participating agency less than or equal to one (1) month prior to the recruitment date (but ideally within (1) week of intake appointment) * English- or Spanish-speaking * Legal parent or guardian available to provide informed consent * Able to provide informed assent Inclusion Criteria for Aim 2 Parent/Guardian participants: * Legal guardian of one of the adolescent client participants included in the study (above) * English-speaking * Able to provide informed consent Inclusion Criteria for Aim 2 Clinician participants: * Provides community-based mental health treatment to youth * Holds a professional license or certification in their state to provide mental health treatment OR are supervised by a clinician with professional license or certification in their state to provide mental health treatment * Are a clinician identified for recruitment because they are part of a participating mental health clinic/site * Age 18 or older * English- or Spanish-speaking * Able to provide informed consent Individuals who do not meet all inclusion criteria are, by definition, excluded. There are no other exclusion criteria.
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Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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