Helping parents with mental health problems to parent young infants: a Randomised Controlled Trial of Parent-Infant Psychotherapy and counselling

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Probable psychiatric caseness as measured on the general health questionnaire; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental health problems

• Registration Number: ISRCTN38741417
• Lead Sponsor: niversity College London (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

1. Independently identified by their General Practitioner (GP), health visitor, or another professional as requiring counselling or other mental health services
2. The child is less than 12 months of age
3. Mothers meet probable psychiatric case criteria based on the general health questionnaire (greater than 4/5) (to be assessed by research team)
4. Mothers meet at least one of the following indicators of social exclusion:
4.1. Low income household (eligibility for income support)
4.2. Long term unemployment (greater than 2 years)
4.3. Temporary or overcrowded accommodation (more than two persons per room)
4.4. Single or unpartnered
4.5. Presence of chronic physical illness or disability
4.6. Early childhood history of foster or institutional care
4.7. Social isolation associated with recent relocation
4.8. Less than 20 years of age
4.9. Previous diagnosis of non-psychotic psychiatric illness

Exclusion Criteria

1. Non-English speaking families
2. Current psychosis
3. Substance abuse disorders or chronic drug dependence
4. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) below 70
5. Infants with any sensory or motor disability that prevents their participation in a standard developmental assessment (e.g. blindness, hearing impairment, cerebral palsy)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Infant well-being, including developmental level and health status

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Quality of the parent-child interaction<br>2. Maternal well-being, including mental health, parenting stress and life outcomes<br>3. Parental experience of the therapeutic intervention