Eligible Participants:
- 18 or older.
- Residing in the United States.
- Have personal experience with crisis intervention services for emotional and/or psychological distress (yourself or as a loved one)
- Willing and able to participate in an online group discussion for 1.5 hours.
- Have access to a phone or computer/laptop to be on Zoom.
- Speak fluent English.
Participants will Receive:
- $5 gift card for the initial survey
- $50 for the 1.5 hour group discussion
To Participate, Fill out this Survey:
Please email our lab to receive a link to the survey at Shieldslab@wustl.edu
Send Questions Here:
Shieldslab [at] wustl [dot] edu
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Will my participation remain confidential? Only members of the study team will have access to your contact information and this will be kept in a secure location. Any information published from this study will be de-identified; your name will not be linked to your responses. If you participate in the group discussions, there will be other community members there; however, we will ask everyone in the meeting to please respect everyone’s privacy.
How do you plan to use my data? We will analyze the survey and group conversations to better understand trust in crisis mental health services. We plan to publish peer-reviewed papers using these data, but the findings will also help us to develop a measure of trust in crisis mental health services. Our conversations with you will help us identify which questions we should include in our survey of trust and what types of services we should focus on.
How long will my participation take? The survey should not take longer than 10 minutes to complete. Focus groups will last for 1.5 hours and will be conducted over Zoom.
Can you help me find crisis services? We are not able to provide help in navigating services. However, there are a number of resources, including here: https://therightresponse.co/. You might also consider calling 988, as staff of the 988 crisis line are better positioned to help navigate resources in your local community.
Research Team and Advisory Committee
Dr. Karen Joynt Maddox (Faculty at WashU)
Dr. Chih-Hung Chang (Faculty at WashU)
Dr. Ana Florence (Faculty at Columbia)
Keris Myrick (Vice President of Partnerships at Inseparable & Host of Unapologetically Black Unicorns)
Kelley McCall (PhD student at WashU)
Dr. Jenny Poon (Faculty at University of Alaska Anchorage)
Dr. Mark Salzer (Faculty at Temple University)
Sasha Zabelski (PhD student at University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Alison Setili (Masters student at WashU)
Malachi King
Jai-Laan Blackmon (Undergrad student at WashU)
Kelly Davis (Vice President of Peer and Youth Advocacy at Mental Health America)
Julie Seibert (Assistant Vice President, Behavioral Health, NCQA)
Rachana Cheu (Masters student at WashU)
Chaku Mathai
Daniel Langerman
Dr. Amy Watson (Faculty at Wayne State University)
Dr. Jonathan Purtle (Faculty at New York University)