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NCT Number: NCT05316948

Mental Health and Sexuality in Adolescents and Young Adults

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality, not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or of infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships [...]".

The main objective is to show that a training intervention intended for psychiatric care teams and targeted on the question of the impact of psychiatric disorders and psychotropic drugs on the sexuality of young people, increases the proportion of young people with whom the question of sexual health is discussed (in connection with psychiatric disorders and, if applicable, with the taking of psychotropic treatment, while they are hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder in the clinics of the FSEF and receive, or not, psychotropic treatment ).

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Key information

Conditions

Psychiatric Disorder Adolescent Behavior Behavior Mental Disorders Mental Health Issue Sexual Behavior Sexuality

Age range

15 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Clinique FSEF Vence, Vence, Alpes Maritimes, France

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About this study

Non-interventional multicenter prospective mixed study (quantitative and qualitative).

Research process in 3 phases:

  • Inventory with a mixed method evaluation (quantitative survey and qualitative survey),
  • Step 1: quantitative survey with self-administered questionnaire offered to all patients attending psychiatric study care during the month of the assessment.
  • Step 2: qualitative survey of young people and caregivers.
  • Design and implementation of an intervention adapted to the needs of the field (training for caregivers and tools for young people).
  • Step 3: implementation of training programs for professionals based on data from phase 1 and preparation for interventions for young people.
  • Step 4: Interventions (interventions with young people in groups and individually).
  • Reassessment after the deployment of the intervention - Step 5: Finally, the quantitative survey of stage 1 with a self-questionnaire offered to all patients present in psychiatric care-study will be repeated during one month of the evaluation in order to measure the impact of the action taken.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Young people hospitalized in psychiatric care-studies in one of the establishments of the FSEF,
  • Age ≥ 15 years (age of sexual majority),
  • Receiving or not a psychotropic treatment,
  • No opposition to participation (or parents for minors) in the study and use of data

Exclusion criteria

  • Refusal to participate
  • Patient under 15 years old
  • Need for emergency care (medicine or psychiatry).

Treatment and study plan

Self-questionnaire

Other

Quantitative survey with self-administered questionnaire offered to all patients attending psychiatry study care during the month of the assessment.

Primary outcomes

  1. Comparison

    Time frame: self-questionnaire after the team training (T2 = 1 year)

    To show that a training intervention intended for the healthcare team makes it possible to increase the proportion of young people with whom the question of sexual health has been approached, in connection with psychiatric disorders and, if necessary, with taking treatment psychotropics; while they are hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder in the clinics of the FSEF and receive, or not, a psychotropic treatment.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Description

    Time frame: self-questionnaire (T0 = within three months of the opening of the center)

    Describe the sexuality of adolescents and young adults hospitalized in a psychiatric establishment within the FSEF with quantitative survey with self-questionnaire exploring sexual adverse effects

  2. Comparison

    Time frame: self-questionnaire (T0 = within three months of the opening of the center)

    To compare the sexual life of patients hospitalized at the FSEF for a psychiatric illness - according to whether or not they receive psychotropic treatment with quantitative survey with self-questionnaire exploring sexual adverse effects

  3. Comparison

    Time frame: self-questionnaire after the team training (T2 = 1 year)

    To compare the perceived impact of psychiatric disorders and psychotropic treatments on patients' sexual satisfaction measured by a Likert scale of sexual satisfaction (rated from 1 to 5 with 1 equal to very satisfied and 5 to very dissatisfied) before and after intervention.

Study contacts

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

Anaïs Foussier, IDE

CONTACT

[email protected]

+33 2 44 55 20 81

Said SEDFI

CONTACT

[email protected]

+33 1 45 89 43 39

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Fondation Santé des Étudiants de France

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Registry information

Acronym: SEX-T-ADO

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 7, 2022
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2025

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