Recruiting

Mind-Body Skills

Sponsor:

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Code:

NCT05447689

Conditions

Mood Change

Depressive Symptoms

Anxiety Generalized

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group

Study Details

Brief summary:

Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group (I-MBS-G) is an 8-week group that teaches skills to build inner resources for effective mood management. This group incorporates a holistic approach to wellness through meditation and mindfulness practices, guided imagery, breath and body awareness, and relaxation techniques. Mind-body approaches have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing stress mood symptoms and improving quality of life. The study hypothesis is that the Mind-Body Skills taught in the group will reduce mood symptoms in graduate and medical students.

Conditions

Mood Change

Depressive Symptoms

Anxiety Generalized

Study ID

NCT05447689

Start date

Apr 3, 2023

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Students screened and admitted to the Student Mental Health Program.
  • Age 18 or older
  • A score of ≥ 4 on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7)
  • Able to attend weekly meeting times

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active SI
  • Current mania
  • Active psychosis

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group

Treatment group

no intervention: Control

Control group: Treatment-As-Usual (TAU) and mind-body skills reading materials.

Interventions

Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group

Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group (I-MBS-G) is an 8-week group that teaches skills to build inner resources for effective mood management. This group incorporates a holistic approach to wellness through meditation and mindfulness practices, guided imagery, breath and body awareness, relaxation techniques, self-reflection, and mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral skills. Mind-body approaches have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing stress mood symptoms and improving quality of life.

Primary outcome measure

  • The Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group program evaluation measures the acceptability of the Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group Program. [ Time Frame: Week 9 ]
  • The Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group program evaluation measures the feasibility of the Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group Program. [ Time Frame: Week 9 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Suza C Scalora, PhD

917-209-5311sus9128@med.cornell.edu

Patricia Marino, PhD

914-997-8691pam2029@med.cornell.edu

Locations

Weill Cornell Medical College

Recruiting

White Plains, New York, United States, 10605

Contacts

Suza C Scalora, PhD

9172095311sus9128@med.cornell.edu

Patricia Marino, PhD

914-997-8691pam2029@med.cornell.edu

Principal Investigator:

Suza C. Scalora, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Last update posted

Jan 23, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Keywords

  • Mind-Body Skills Group Intervention
  • Graduate student mental health
  • Medical student mental health

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Weill Medical College of Cornell University on 2026-01-23.