Virtual Implicit Bias Reduction and Neutralization Training (VIBRANT)

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · Jul 30, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

The VIBRANT trial is studying a new online training program designed to help mental health clinicians recognize and reduce their implicit biases—unconscious attitudes that can affect how they treat patients. This training aims to improve the quality of care for Black and Latinx youth in school settings by promoting better practices that are fair and equitable. The trial will assess whether this training helps clinicians adopt a specific approach called Measurement-Based Care (MBC), which involves regularly collecting feedback from patients to guide treatment.

To participate, clinicians must provide ongoing mental health services in middle or high schools, have a caseload that includes at least 20% Black or Latinx students, and not have participated in similar studies before. The youth involved must identify as Black or Latinx and be entering treatment with a participating clinician, while their primary caregivers should be able to provide information about the youth's behavior and emotional well-being. Participants can expect a brief, interactive training experience, and the study aims to determine how effective this program is in improving mental health outcomes for the youth involved.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Inclusion criteria for each of the subjects participating in the study as follows:
• • 1. Participating clinicians must...
• • 1. Provide school-based mental health services in middle and high school settings for at least 50% of their clinical deployment.
• • 2. Provide on-going 1:1 mental health services to students (e.g., not assessment only).
• • 3. Have a caseload (who is receiving on-going care) that consists of at least 20% of Black or Latinx students.
• • 2. Participating youths must...
• • 1. Identify as Black/African American or/and Hispanic/Latina/Latino/Latinx
• • 2. be entering into ongoing treatment with a participating clinician in the school mental health setting
• • 3. Participating caregivers must... a. be a primary caregiver to the youth who can answer questions about the youth's daily behaviors and emotional well-being
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Exclusion criteria for each of the subjects participating:
• • 1. School-based mental health clinicians
• • 1. Clinician who previously participated in a measurement-based care (MBC) related study with our team and have already been exposed to our online MBC training.
• • 2. Clinicians who have participated in a previous study related to VIBRANT.
• • 2. Black \& Latinx youth
• • 1. Youths with a developmental or learning disability that would interfere with their ability to accurately give informed consent or assent and reliable completion of study assessments.
• • 2. Youths who do not speak English or Spanish
• • 3. Caregivers
• • 1. Caregivers who do not reside with the youth or would otherwise have adequate daily contact to report on the youth's typical behaviors and/or emotional well-being.
• • 2. Caregiver who do not speak English or Spanish