An evaluation of the Family Talk intervention to support families where a parent has mental health difficulties: The PRIMERA Research Programme
- Conditions
- Families in which a parent has a mental illnessMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13365858
- Lead Sponsor
- Maynooth University
- Brief Summary
2021 Interim results article in https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.783189 The Family Talk Programme in Ireland: A Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences of Families With Parental Mental Illness (added 22/12/2021) 2021 Other publications in https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.783161 A Family-Focused Intervention for Parental Mental Illness: A Practitioner Perspective (added 22/12/2021) 2021 Other publications in https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.567447 Covid-19 and Families With Parental Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity (added 22/12/2021) 2021 Protocol article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05199-4 (added 22/12/2021) 2024 Results article in https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1287378 (added 12/04/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 102
Family participants:
1. Parent(s) aged over 18 – and with children aged 5-18 years - attending Adult Mental Health Services and who are under the care of a psychiatrist/multidisciplinary team (MDT) due to a formal (or working) diagnosis of mental difficulty
Or
2. Parent(s) with a mental difficulty episode in the last 18 months who had been under the care of a psychiatrist or MDT
Or
3. Parent(s) currently attending a GP for mental health issues (clinical responsibility will be provided by the GP and Family Talk clinician/service provider)
In all of the above cases, the parents’ symptoms should be relatively well maintained (i.e. not in crisis).
Staff participants:
Clinicians, service providers, and managers will be identified in collaboration with the lead contact person in each site. There are no inclusion or exclusion criteria with regard to staff participation.
Family participants:
1. Parents/children with active psychosis
2. Parents with active substance misuse such that they cannot engage with the intervention
3. Parents or children who are in hospital
4. Families with acrimonious dispute over child custody
5. Urgent need for child protection services
Depending on the level of resources available to staff, some sites may be able to support patients who have some level of active psychosis or substance misuse but it is key that families are able to engage with the intervention and agree to take part in the research. Where hospitalization or relapse occur during the delivery of Family Talk, the clinician must make a judgment whether the intervention can be merely postponed or would be better delivered at a later stage when the patient is more stable. Clinicians can discuss with families.
There are no exclusion criteria for other participants (clinicians, service providers, managers).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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