Young adults living with mental illness and their family in community mental health care settings

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental illness which includes health conditions involving changes in thinking, emotion or behavior (or a combination of these), and is associated with distress and/or problems functioning in social, work or family activities and family everyday life; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN22393598
• Lead Sponsor: orwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33095093/ (added 27/08/2021) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33942942/ (added 27/08/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-10-25
• Study Completion: 2021-05-30
• Last Update Posted: 7 September 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 106

Inclusion Criteria

Patients:
1. Young adults between 18-25 years old
2. Living with mental illness facing problem and strain, impaired function associated with distress, symptoms, and diagnosable mental disorders
3. No diagnosis is required
3. Living alone or with family and/or friends and/or others
4. Speak and read Norwegian
5. Contact with community health services related to mental illness

Family members:
1. Family members over 18 years old
2. Defined by the young adult to be in the family
3. Able to speak and read Norwegian

Exclusion Criteria

Patients:
1. Cognitive impairment
2. Psychotic state
3. Alcohol or drug dependence
4. Living in a residential home for mentally ill persons

Family members:
1. Cognitive impairment
2. Psychotic state
3. Alcohol or drug dependence

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified