The purpose of this study is to design, refine, and test for effectiveness a computer-based telephone system (TLC-Detect) that will screen workers for mental health distress, educate them about seeking treatment, and follow up with them over a 12 month period.

Condition	Intervention
Mental Disorders	Behavior: Computer Assisted Education for Behavioral Change

Further Study Details: 

Primary Outcomes: Absenteeism and presentism (functionality at work), measured every three months for one year
Secondary Outcomes: Treatment status, timing of measurement depends upon symptom severity; Health Status measured every three months for one year
Expected Total Enrollment:  390

Ages Eligible for Study:  18 Years and above,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Employment at Boston Medical Center, Boston University, or Florida Power and Light Company
• Ability to speak and understand conversational English
• > 18 years of age
• Access to a touch-tone telephone
• Screen positive for the WHO-5 Well-Being Index.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being under treatment (medication or therapy) for a mental health disorder
• Having organic brain disease, e.g., Alzheimer''''s Disease or other dementias
• Having a life threatening physical illness such as cancer (undergoing radiation therapy or chemotherapy), chronic renal failure, end stage coronary artery disease, etc.
• Diagnosed with schizophrenia

Please refer to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov identifier  NCT00134576

Allison Stevens, MA      617-414-1824 

Massachusetts
      Boston Medical Center, Boston,  Massachusetts,  02118,  United States

Study chairs or principal investigators

Ramesh Farzanfar, PhD,  Principal Investigator,  Boston University Medical Center   

Study ID Numbers:  RO1 DP000116
Last Updated:  August 24, 2005
Record first received:  August 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00134576
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-08-30