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about seed
The Sequences of Employment and Education (SEED) Study will help us learn more about the school and work experiences of young adults with serious mental health conditions, as they navigate through life.
The goal of this study is to find out what affects the employment and educational activities of youth and young adults with mental health conditions. This will provide important information that will help the development and adaptation of employment and education services for young people with severe mental health disabilities.
The goal of this study is to find out what affects the employment and educational activities of youth and young adults with mental health conditions. This will provide important information that will help the development and adaptation of employment and education services for young people with severe mental health disabilities.
F.A.Q
What should you know about our SEED Research Study?
Your participation is entirely voluntary.
You do not have to be in this research study. If you join the study, you can stop or leave at any time with no changes in the quality of the health care you receive. Access to DMH services will not be affected by your decision to participate or not participate in the study. Your decision to not participate or to withdraw from the study will have no effect on any services or benefits you receive now or in the future.
You will be told about any new information or changes in the study that could affect you.
You can ask all the questions you want before deciding if you want to be in this study.
How long will the research last?
Should you choose to participate in this study, you will be enrolled in the study for 20 months, and will be surveyed six times over the course of 20 months, at four-month intervals. You will also complete 5 brief phone surveys in between each of the six longer surveys. The baseline survey, or the first survey, will take approximately 45 minutes to complete; the follow-up surveys will take approximately 30 minutes to complete; and the phone calls will take approximately 10 minutes.
What are the risks of being in this study?
The major risk to being in the study is the chance that your personal information could be lost or exposed. In other words, the major risk is that information about you being in the study, your treatment, or information you give to the research team, could be shared with the wrong people. However, this is very unlikely to happen, and we will take steps to protect your information.
Another possible risk is that you could experience discomfort with the questions being asked during surveys. To combat this, you only have to answer questions you feel comfortable with, and stop the survey at any time without repercussions
Your participation is entirely voluntary.
You do not have to be in this research study. If you join the study, you can stop or leave at any time with no changes in the quality of the health care you receive. Access to DMH services will not be affected by your decision to participate or not participate in the study. Your decision to not participate or to withdraw from the study will have no effect on any services or benefits you receive now or in the future.
You will be told about any new information or changes in the study that could affect you.
You can ask all the questions you want before deciding if you want to be in this study.
How long will the research last?
Should you choose to participate in this study, you will be enrolled in the study for 20 months, and will be surveyed six times over the course of 20 months, at four-month intervals. You will also complete 5 brief phone surveys in between each of the six longer surveys. The baseline survey, or the first survey, will take approximately 45 minutes to complete; the follow-up surveys will take approximately 30 minutes to complete; and the phone calls will take approximately 10 minutes.
What are the risks of being in this study?
The major risk to being in the study is the chance that your personal information could be lost or exposed. In other words, the major risk is that information about you being in the study, your treatment, or information you give to the research team, could be shared with the wrong people. However, this is very unlikely to happen, and we will take steps to protect your information.
Another possible risk is that you could experience discomfort with the questions being asked during surveys. To combat this, you only have to answer questions you feel comfortable with, and stop the survey at any time without repercussions