Family Connections for Caregivers of People With Suicidal Behavior

Summary

The aim of our study is to verify the efficacy of the Family Connections intervention for relatives of people diagnosed with suicidal behavior disorder in a randomized control trial with a Spanish participants.

Conditions

• Relatives

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family Connections Protocol for Relatives of Patients with SBD.

Family Connections is a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. All the modules include practice exercises, video viewing, and homework assignments. In addition, throughout the program, with the aim of increasing social support, the FC-SBD program provides a forum where participants can stay in touch and share common problems and solutions.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as Usual Optimized Protocol (TAU-O)

Participants will receive the usual treatment in their mental health service and will also receive a psychoeducation session of approximately 3 hours where the predictive and protective factors of suicidal behavior will be explained.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universitat Jaume I

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Valencia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Isabel Fernández Felipe, PhDStudent · Universitat Jaume I

• Sara Fonseca, PhDStudent · University of Valencia

• Azucena Garcia-Palacios, PhD · Universitat Jaume I

• Sandra Perez, PhD · Universitat de Valencia

• Rosa Baños, PhD · Universitat de Valencia

• Cristina Botella Arbona, PhD · Universitat Jaume I

• Joaquin Garcia-Alandete, PhD · Universitat de Valencia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

90 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-11-15

Primary Completion

2023-04-01

Completion

2023-04-01

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations