Implementation and Evaluation of the ChildTaks+ Intervention in the Czech Republic

Summary

Aims of the study. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the ChildTalks+ intervention and to implement it in education and practice. By delivering the ChildTalks+ intervention, i.e. educating parents about the transgenerational transmission of the disorder, informing them about the impact on their children, strengthening their parenting competencies, supporting communication within the family and informing COPMI about their parents' mental disorder, listening to their needs and providing emotional and social support to the family, the investigators expect the following outcomes: improved family communication, including children's awareness of their parents' mental health problems, improved overall well-being of COPMI, heightened perceptions of parental competence, increased family protective factors, including strengthened social support, sustained over time. Part of the intervention consists of early identification of social-emotional problems in children and referral for further professional help.

The research questions the investigators will focus on are:

* What are the effects of the ChildTalks+ intervention in families where parents have a mental health disorder?
* Is the ChildTalks+ intervention feasible for therapists who treat patients with mental disorder?
* Is the ChildTalks+ intervention feasible in families where one parent has an eating disorder?
* Should the ChildTalks+ intervention be modified for this group of families where parent has an eating disorders?

Conditions

• Mental Disorder
• Mental Health Issue
• Parent-Child Relations
• Parent-child Problem
• Child Mental Disorder
• Eating Disorders
• Eating Disorders in Adolescence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

ChildTaks+ intervention

The ChildTalks+ Intervention ChildTalks+ is a preventive intervention originally developed in the Netherlands, targeting children up to 18 years of age. It has been implemented in Norway, Italy, and Portugal. It has a clear and well-described theoretical basis focusing on psychoeducation. Its key strategy is to provide feasible and replicable interventions to improve the quality of life of families where parents are affected by a mental disorder.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• UiT The Arctic University of Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• Charles University, Czech Republic

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jana Gricová, Master · Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-10-15

Primary Completion

2023-12-31

Completion

2023-12-31

Countries

• Czechia

Study Locations