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Culturally Based Family Therapy for Improving Treatment Outcome for People With Schizophrenia

NCT00356317 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2015-12-18

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Summary

This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally based family therapy intervention in improving treatment outcome in people with schizophrenia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Culturally informed therapy for schizophrenia (CIT-S)

This family therapy consists of 15 video-taped, therapy sessions, each lasting approximately 75 minutes. The 15-session treatment will be broken down into five segments (each lasting approximately three sessions) with the following goals: 1) Fortify a strong sense of family unity; 2) educate about schizophrenia; 3) foster adaptive use of cultural, spiritual and/or existential beliefs in conceptualizing and coming to terms with schizophrenia; 4) teach effective communication training techniques; and 5) and teach useful problem solving strategies.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation treatment as usual

This family therapy consists of three weekly sessions focusing on education about schizophrenia.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy Weisman, PhD · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-03-31
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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