Guided LGBTQ-affirmative internet cognitive-behavioral therapy for sexual minority youth's mental health: A randomized controlled trial of a minority stress treatment approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) addresses the adverse impacts of minority stress. However, this treatment has rarely been tested in randomized controlled trials with LGBTQ youth and never using an asynchronous online platform for broad reach. This study examined the feasibility, acceptability, preliminary efficacy, and multi-level stigma moderators of LGBTQ-affirmative internet-based CBT (ICBT).

Method

Participants were 120 LGBTQ youth (ages 16-25; 37.5% transgender or non-binary; 75.8% assigned female at birth; 49.2% non-Latino White) living across 38 U.S. states and reporting depression and/or anxiety symptoms. Participants were randomized to receive 10 sessions of LGBTQ-affirmative ICBT or only complete 10 weekly assessments of mental and be

SUBMITTER: Pachankis JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10601985 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature