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Families Coping With Mental Illness Program

NCT00435721 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2007-02-15

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Summary

The current study aims to develop and evaluate a practical, short-term support and education program for relatives of individuals with schizophrenia. This program has been developed to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in the following ways:

1. The intervention specifically targets those factors empirically demonstrated to improve family functioning and well being. Specifically, this pilot intervention aims to: a) increase relatives' knowledge about schizophrenia spectrum disorders; b) help families attribute distressing behaviors of their ill relatives more accurately, by helping them to distinguish behaviors that are directly related to the illness from personality characteristics; c) improve attitudes towards the patient and reduce stress in interactions with the patient; d) encourage problem-focused coping strategies; e) reduce burden; f) provide opportunities for relatives to expand their social support network; g) help families learn about and utilize community resources.
2. The program involves both individual and multifamily group components, in order to reap the benefits of both formats. Specifically, multifamily psychoeducation groups (involving individuals from several different families) tend to be more economical and allow participants to learn from each other, increase their social support networks, and reduce feelings of stigma. In contrast, individualized programs can target the specific needs of participants.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mclean Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • North Suffolk Mental Health Association

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle S. Friedman-Yakoobian, Ph.D. · Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-06-30
Completion
2005-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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