Benefits Management for People With Psychiatric Disabilities

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Dual Diagnosis; Bipolar Disorder; Schizophrenia
• Interventions: Behavioral: Illness Management and Recovery; Behavioral: Benefits Management

• Registration Number: NCT01329393
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

This stage 1 clinical trial will determine pilot efficacy, develop a therapy manual, and collect qualitative data concerning a brief money management intervention for people disabled by psychiatric illnesses.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08
• Study First Submitted: 2011-02-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-04-01
• Study First Posted: 2011-04-05
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2014-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-27
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 99

Inclusion Criteria

• Has received treatment for a psychiatric disorder within 60 days of enrollment
• Receives SSI or SSDI payments totaling at least $600 per month
• Has an identified outpatient clinician
• Either i) Homeless within the past 3 months. Homeless is defined as having spent at least seven days in a shelter, outdoors (e.g. in a park, in a car), in a public or abandoned building (e.g. train station), or temporarily (less than a continuous month) housed by family or friends OR ii) Hospitalized within the past 3 months

Justification for Inclusion Criteria: Homelessness and hospitalization are common reasons for payee assignment (Conrad, Matters et al. 1998). In a prior study, we found that a high proportion of hospitalized inpatients meet criteria for needing a payee (Rosen, Rosenheck et al. 2002a). There is no point enrolling clinically stable outpatients in this study because they are unlikely to need payees.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Already has a conservator or representative payee
• An application to assign a payee or conservator has been initiated
• Unable to speak and understand English

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Illness Management and Recovery	Illness Management and Recovery	-
Benefits Management	Benefits Management	Money-management intervention consisting of brief advice on budgeting, assessment of ability to follow a budget, and assessment of need for a representative payee.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the Summed score on the Heinrich-Carpenter Quality of Life Measure	Change from Week 0 to Week 24	The Heinrich-Carpenter Quality of Life score is derived by summing ratings of individual items after a semi-structured interview. The possible score on any given interview is 0-126. It is a global measure of social functioning with higher scores indicating better functioning.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute of Living; 🇺🇸 Hartford, Connecticut, United States