Effects of Psychoeducation of Relatives to Patients With Serious Mental Illness

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Disorder; Schizophrenia; Depressive Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychoeducation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00184379

4.2005.389

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of psychoeducation for relatives to patients with serious mental illness.

Full description

The main aim of the study is to compare the effects of group psychoeducation for relatives to patients with serious mental illness with a waiting list control group. The main hypothesis is whether psychoeducation in groups has effects on the stress experience and coping style in the relatives. The relatives will receive group education in 6 weekly sessions. We will measure stress experience, coping style and the relatives' health condition before the sessions, after the sessions and at one year follow-up.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Relatives to patients having a psychotic or bipolar disorder
• Good Norwegian language skills
• Consent to participate
• The patients' consent for their relatives to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 4 patient groups

1 S+E

Experimental group

Description:

Relatives of patients with schizophrenia, who receive education

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychoeducation

2 S-E

No Intervention group

Description:

Relatives of patients with schizophrenia, who do not receive education

3 B+E

Experimental group

Description:

Relatives of patients with bipolar disorder, who receive education

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychoeducation

4 B-E

No Intervention group

Description:

Relatives of patients with bipolar disorder, who do not receive education