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NCT Number: NCT07286305

Media and Mental Health

This study's goal is to find if using the ThinkHumanTV program during 6 weekly sessions of watching Netflix or Disney series or movies for 90 minutes, together with 4 - 8 members of the Whole Health Center and EpiCenter and a discussion leader, improves the wellbeing of the group participants.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental and Behavioral Disorders Emotional Awareness Emotional Development Mental Disorders Mental Resilience

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Karen Weihs, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

520-626-8940

About this study

This study's goal is to find out whether 6 weekly sessions of watching certain TV series or movies in a group setting, augmented through education from ThinkHuman TV about emotions and coping with emotions embedded in the process of watching (with a discussion leader), will improve the resilience of mental health patients enrolled in a long-term community mental health center. This will be tested by comparing ThinkHuman TV augmented movies with watching moving in a group without ThinkHuman TV educational activities to see if there is better improvement in resilience and well-being of the group participants who have THinkHuman included as compared to those who do not.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 18years old
  • Recipient of treatment at WHC for at least 6 months.
  • English speaking

Exclusion criteria

  • Actively manic
  • Actively suicidal
  • Has not been dependent on drugs or alcohol for at least 30 days
  • Deemed to be at significant risk of being dangerous to self or others by the patients' WHC physician
  • Deemed inappropriate based on judgment of WHC physician informed by WHC staff

Treatment and study plan

ThinkHumanTV

Device

Emotional Education Program

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in emotional awareness/intelligence.

    Time frame: 3 month interventional period

    Assessed using The Emotional Regulation Questionnaire

    • Score: Minimum = 0 Maximum = 70 (higher better outcome) Assessed using Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale
    • Score: Minimum = 32 Maximum = 160 (higher better outcome)

  2. Change from baseline in anxiety.

    Time frame: 3 month interventional period

    Assessed using The Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS)

    -Score: Minimum = 0 Maximum = 20 (higher worse outcome)

  3. Change from baseline in depression symptoms.

    Time frame: 3 month interventional period

    Assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D)

    -Score: Minimum = 0 Maximum = 30 (higher worse outcome)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in quality of life.

    Time frame: After 3 month interventional period

    Assessed by Q-LES-Q-SF questionnaire

    -Score: Minimum = 14 Maximum = 70 (higher better outcome)

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Brent Gary

CONTACT

[email protected]

(520) 626-8000

Karen Weihs, MD, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

520-626-8940

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Arizona

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Dec 16, 2025
Registry last updated
Feb 12, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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