Counselling parents in Youth Mental Health Care: A design for structured communication of diagnosis and treatment options

Completed

• Conditions: Counselling parents on child psychiatric disorders; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN38536761
• Lead Sponsor: RIGG Hills and the Meuse (RIGG Heuvelland & Maasvallei) (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-05-11
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

All parents (men and women) of children (age < 12 year) referred to the participating therapists of two youth mental health care centres who received counselling from May 2008 till August 2009

Exclusion Criteria

Emergency references and parents of children, aged 12 year or older

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Decisional conflict in parents using the decisional conflict scale <br>2. Decisional conflict in therapists using the provider decision process assessment instrument<br><br>Measured before the counselling, immediately after counselling, and one week after counselling.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Qualitative aspects, judged by all participants<br>2. The possibilities to apply and implement counselling in dialogue