Friendship Bench for Women Who Use Methamphetamine in Vietnam
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The high comorbidity of mental health issues and meth use in women worsens both their mental health and meth use outcomes. The study team proposes to evaluate the potential of Friendship Bench to be used as a low-threshold, task-shifting mental health intervention among women who use methamphetamine in Vietnam - a lower-middle-income country. The study will provide preliminary data for a R01 trial testing the effectiveness Friendship Bench to improve mental health and methamphetamine use outcomes among women who use methamphetamine in Vietnam.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Adult women (\>=18 years old)
• Moderate or greater risk for meth use (ASSIST ≥ 4)
• Moderate or greater CMD symptom severity (Depression ≥ 10, Anxiety ≥ 8, and/or Stress ≥ 15 on DASS-21)
Locations
Other Locations
Viet Nam
Friendship Bench & Lighthouse
RECRUITING
Haiphong
Contact Information
Primary
Trang Thu Nguyen, PhD
trangthu@hmu.edu.vn
+84 988 424 871
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-06-11
Estimated Completion Date: 2029-08-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 100
Treatments
Experimental: Friendship Bench
Participants randomized to the intervention condition will receive the adapted Friendship Bench intervention.
Active_comparator: Usual psychiatric care
Participants in the control group will receive usual care for their common mental disorders.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Leads: Hanoi Medical University