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Study of Mental Health and Relationships
Investigating an Innovative Mentoring Model for Improving Effectiveness and Equity of Community-Based Support for Youth From Low-Resource Families With Mental Health Challenges
Who can join
Ages 9 to 16 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Youth is between 9- and 16-years-old * Youth meets eligibility criteria for the Great Life Mentoring program, which include receiving publically-subsidized outpatient mental health care Exclusion Criteria: * Parental primary language other than English * Youth difficulties in cognitive functioning that would preclude ability to complete study assessments
About the study
The goal of this clinical trial is to test effects of the Great Life Mentoring (GLM) program on the mental health and adaptive functioning on school-age youth (ages 9-16) from low-income families who are receiving outpatient mental health services. The main questions it aims to answer are:
• Does participation in the GLM program improve mental health and related outcomes among school-age youth (9- to 16-years-old) from low-income families as an adjunct to outpatient mental health services? 180 youth will be enrolled in the study and assigned randomly to either continue mental health services as usual (SAU) or to continue mental health services while also participating in GLM (SAU+GLM). Participating youth, and their parent/guardians and therapists, will be surveyed annually. Mental health services records also will be obtained with appropriate permissions. . Researchers will compare the SAU and SAU+GLM groups to see if participation in GLM has an effect on the mental health and related outcomes of study youth.
What is being tested
- Great Life Mentoring (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago · Participants: 180 · Started: Nov 6, 2023
Contact the study team
- David DuBois, PhD · Phone: 312-413-9806
- Carla Herrera, PhD · Phone: 202-765-4143
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06534827
Locations in the U.S.
| Illinois | University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.