Status:

RECRUITING

Arts-based Social Prescribing for Mental Health

Lead Sponsor:

KAVADIA ELENI

Conditions:

Mental Health Issue

Anxiety Disorders

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a parallel-group randomised-controlled trial aiming to assess the effect of exposure to the arts on mental health and wellbeing of community dwelling recipients of mental health care. The tria...

Detailed Description

Design: This is a randomised controlled trial with two arms: art intervention (any of the arts interventions, see below), which is hereby called Active Group (AG) vs waitlist control (WL). This is a ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The study will be advertised to public and private mental health professionals across Greece, including those in public hospitals, day care centres, and non-governmental and non-profit organisations. Clinicians will then refer potential participants to the study.
  • Recipients of mental health care in the community, or private practice with an F-category ICD-10 diagnosis referred to the trial by their mental healthcare provider
  • Age range: \>=18 years
  • Being able to communicate effectively in order to provide answers to questionnaires that he/she/they will be asked to complete
  • Being able to participate in the activity alone (unaccompanied, without a carer)
  • Being able to answer the questionnaires
  • Having legal capacity to consent

Exclusion

  • Current substance abuse dependence,
  • Current condition posing clinical risks (e.g. acute psychosis)
  • Patients that are not compliant in following their medication plans,
  • Patients that are not able attend due to severe physical, cognitive or other impairments
  • Patients not "affiliated" with a mental health professional therapist.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

512 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07137572

Start Date

September 1 2025

End Date

January 1 2026

Last Update

September 3 2025

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The University Mental Health, Neurosciences and Precision Medicine Research Institute 'COSTAS STEFANIS' (UMHRI)

Athens, Greece, 11527