The effect of group therapy on stigma of family of children with Bipolar mood disorder
- Conditions
- Bipolar affective disorder.bipolar affective disorder, currentlly in remission
- Registration Number
- IRCT201605026834N10
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Vice- Chancellor, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
Family caregiver who has not major Psychiatry problem; is first-degree relative with the patient; is the primary carer of the patient; lives in a house with the patient; has at least ability to write and read; is at least 18 and up to 60 years old; and has obtained a minimum score of 42.5 in the stigma questionnaire in pretest; the diagnosis of his/her child is confirmed by a psychiatrist based on DSM V standards; his/her child is treated as outpatient; and his child is at least 8 and up to 18 years old.
Exclusion criteria: Family caregiver has to decide to participate in other training program; dose not want to continue to participate in the study; experiences acute crisis such as divorce and death of loved one during the study; has history of substance abuse (according to self-reported); is graduated in the fields of medical sciences; has a history of serious physical illness, and known mental disorder; has absence more than one session from training sessions; his/her child hospitalized during the study; and his/her child has alcohol and drug dependency (according to the doctor or primary caregiver report).
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Internalized Stigmatization. Timepoint: Before, afer and one months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Internalized Stigmatization Scale of Mental Illnesses(ISSMI) Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method