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Being A Parent - Enjoying Family Life: researching a new group for parents and caregivers with significant emotional and interpersonal needs.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Parents of children aged 2 - 11 who are concerned about their child's behaviour and who themselves have significant emotional and interpersonal difficulties, including those with a diagnosis of personality disorder.
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Registration Number
ISRCTN10950727
Lead Sponsor
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36410690/ (added 24/11/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
77
Inclusion Criteria

Prent inclusion criteria:
1. Primary parental caregiver (self-report of substantial caregiving responsibility), including non-biological caregiver, for index child
2. Aged between 18 - 65 years
3. Persistent emotional and relationship difficulties, assessed by a score of =3 on the Structured Assessment of Personality- Abbreviated Scale
4. Caregiver must have proficient written and spoken English
5. Caregiver must have capacity to provide informed consent to participate.

Index Child inclusion criteria:
6. Aged 2 - 11 years
7. Living with parents/caregiver
8. Caregiver reported behavioral difficulties

Exclusion Criteria

Parent exclusion criteria:
1. Presence of psychosis, significant brain injury and/or learning disability
2. Engaged in another structured parenting intervention or previous attendance to BaP-Enjoying Family Life/EPEC-Being a Parent group
3. Receiving inpatient mental health treatment
4. Caregiver pregnancy/breastfeeding
5. Family is subject to safeguarding proceedings to remove child from the home

Index child exclusion criteria:
6. Presence of neurodevelopmental disorder and/or psychosis
7. Not residing with index parents/caregivers

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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