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Investigation of the Effects of Family-Focused Therapy in the Early Period of Bipolar Disorder and Psychotic Disorder

NCT05809193 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2024-06-11

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Summary

Family-focused therapy (FFT) is a comprehensive therapy approach applied to individuals and their families. In the present study, the researchers aimed to investigate the effects of family-focused therapy (FFT) in the early stages of psychotic disorder and bipolar disorder, regarding the psychiatric symptomatology, family communication skills, coping capacities, family burden and quality of life. A total of 34 young people diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BD) and 17 psychotic disorders (PD) will be included in the study.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family-Focused Therapy

After the patient and family are informed, they are included in the therapy group on a voluntary basis. After evaluation by independent evaluators, therapy sessions are started by therapists. Session 1: Goal Setting, Treatment Overview, Symptoms, Vulnerability Stress Model Session 2: Stress and Coping Skills, Regulation of sleep habits, Relaxation exercises Session 3: Optimizing Family Support; Prevention Plan, Medication adherence Session 4: Overview of Communication Skills; Expressing Positive Feelings, Active Listening Session 5: Making Positive Requests for Change, Communication Clarity Session 6: Expressing Negative Feelings Session 7: Introduction to Problem Solving Skills Session 8 and 9: Problem Solving Skills, Termination of Treatment The same psychometric assessment will be repeated before and after FFT. Intra-group comparisons will be made. Also study groups will be compared using time by group interactions to investigate the differences in therapy response.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dokuz Eylul University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neslihan Inal, M.D. · Dokuz Eylul University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Emre Bora, M.D. · Dokuz Eylul University Department of Psychiatry

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-01
Primary Completion
2023-10-01
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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