INCAS Validation: Parenting capacity in mothers with severe mental illness

Recruiting

• Conditions: psychopathology; severe mental illness; 10026908; 10037176

• Registration Number: NL-OMON40092
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 320

Inclusion Criteria

Infant no older than 7 weeks
Severe mental illness
- DSM axis-I or axis-II disorder (does not apply to control group)
- Illness duration of > 2 years
- Substantial interference with or limit one or more major life activities (GAF < 50).

Exclusion Criteria

Severe medical condition/intellectual disability (IQ < 80)
(Impending) Outplacement of the infant or biological mother is not the primary caretaker
Insufficient command of the Dutch language

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Parenting capacity: maternal sensitivity, quality of the home situation.<br /><br>Correlates of parenting capacity: psychopathology, executive functioning,<br /><br>attachment experiences, mind-mindedness, oxytocin, cortisol stress respons.<br /><br>Consequences of parenting capacity: social-emotional development, mental and<br /><br>motor development, behavioral and physical regulation, attachment quality and<br /><br>cortisol stress response.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Prevalence of child somatic disorders; excessive crying, gastro-esophaegeal<br /><br>reflux and constipation (collaboration with Department of Pediatrics of the<br /><br>Zuwe Hofpoort Hospital in Woerden) and its association with maternal SMI.</p><br>