Study on the effect of support groups for children, aged between 8 and 12 years, of parents with mental disorder or substance use disorder.

Completed

Conditions: psychosocial problems or consequences of the parental disorder for the child
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Registration Number: NL-OMON30785

Lead Sponsor: Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 228

Inclusion Criteria

Children between the ages of 8 and 12 (12 included), who have at least one parent with a diagnosed mental disorder or substance use disorder (DSM-IV).
Parents with a diagnosed DSM-IV mental disorder (including: depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, schizofrenia or other psychotic disorder and personality disorder) or substance use disorder.
The parental mental disorder should have been diagnosed in a standardized interview by a mental health professional, during the last year.

Exclusion Criteria

Children and parents who are not able to write and speak in Dutch.
Children who already receive or did receive psychological treatment for their mental problems (since this study is focused on the outcomes of a primary preventive intervention).
Children who are not in primary school anymore during post-test or follow-up test (the transition between primary and secondary school can cause too much variance in child outcome).

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The primary outcome measures of the study are behavioural and emotional<br /><br>problems of the child and the emotional competency of the child.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The secondary outcome measures of the study are social functioning of the child<br /><br>and family functioning. Some factors will be studied exploratively, that might<br /><br>influence the effectiveness of the intervention: i.e. parental diagnosis,<br /><br>chronicity and severity of parental problems, parental competence and ethnical<br /><br>background. </p><br>