Implementation and evaluation of a family-based intervention program for children and adolscents of mentally ill parents - a randomized controlled multicenter trial

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• Conditions: F30-F39; F40-F48; F60-F69; F10-F19; Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders; Mood [affective] disorders; Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders; Disorders of adult personality and behaviour; F20-F29; Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use

• Registration Number: DRKS00006806
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Hamburg-EppendorfZentrum für psychosoziale MedizinKlinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, -psychotherapie und -psychosomatik

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10-07
• Study Completion: 2018-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 216

Inclusion Criteria

1. Family with at least one psychiatrically ill parent and at least one minor child between the age of 3 and 19 years.
2. Consent to participate in the study.
3. Sufficient knowlede of the German language of parents and children.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe psychiatric disorders and impairments with acute symptoms such as suicidal tendencies, massive self-injurious behaviour, acute psychotic symptoms etc., making a stationary treatment inevitable and making a ambulatory intervention appear contraindicated (these patients are placed in stationary treatment)
2. Children with severe symptoms in the control group will be placed at a participating psychotherapist. Nevertheless, they stay in the control group (as TAU).

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome parameter is the children's psychiatric symptomatology. It will be assessed, in both groups (intervention group and control group), by an external independent interview (Kiddie-SADS, Kaufman et al., 1996) at the beginning and after six, 12 and 18 months. The Kiddie-SADS interview will be conducted by a trained rater external to the project (observer-blind rater). <br>The psychiatric disorders of the children will further be assessed by the CBCL (Child behaviour checklist, Achenbach, 1991), the YSR (Youth self report, Achenbach, 1991) and the SGKJ (Skala zur Gesamtbeurteilung von Kindern und Jugendlichen, a scale for the overall assessment of children and adolescents, Steinhausen, 1985).<br>