Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Improve Sexual and Gender Minorities' Mental Health: Randomized Controlled Trial. (ESCREVA-SE)
Depression, Anxiety, Psychological Distress
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Depression
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Self-identity as sexual and gender minority.
- Being older than 16 years old.
- Have a stable on-line connection for, at least, 20 minutes in a place where won't be disturbed.
- Reports, in the baseline survey, previous experiences of discrimination, having depression or anxiety symptoms.
- Currently living in Rio Grande do Sul.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Disagrees with the consent form.
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Expressive writing
Self-affirmation
Placebo
Participants will be invited to join three writing activities, lasting 20 minutes daily in D1, D3, and D5 of the same week. For example, to write about a difficult or painful experience related discrimination and their feelings about it.
Aiming to build self-efficacy, participants will be invite to writing, during 20 minutes daily in D1, D3, and D5 of the same week, a letter to a sexual and gender minority peer suffering from stigma and discrimination.
Participants will be instruct to write about their daily routine, during 20 minutes daily in D1, D3, and D5 of the same week.