None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the programme is to investigate whether parents improve their psychological and social functioning after completion of a Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy Program. It is thought that participation will improve parent’s psychosocial functioning, social adjustment and general health and this will result in an increase in the amount/quality of positive parental behaviours they implement. Increased positive parenting behaviours will then produce a decrease in child behaviour problems.
Interventions
A longitudianal Interpersonal Psycho-Therapy program targeting mild to moderate parental mental health problems.
Treatment aims to help parents adjust to a new life role and better manage the difficulties that arise from parenting. It is conducted in a group and runs for 3 hours per week over a six week period.
The program does not assume that all parenting issues are solely caused from interpersonal problems. However, a dynamic interplay occurs between interpersonal, biological and personali
A longitudianal Interpersonal Psycho-Therapy program targeting mild to moderate parental mental health problems. Treatment aims to help parents adjust to a new life role and better manage the difficulties that arise from parenting. It is conducted in a group and runs for 3 hours per week over a six week period. The program does not assume that all parenting issues are solely caused from interpersonal problems. However, a dynamic interplay occurs between interpersonal, biological and personality factors.
Sponsors
Gold Coast Community Child Health
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1) are parents with children at home, 2) live in the Gold Coast Health Service District, 3) report mild to moderate mental health problems ie depresion, interpersoanl problems, loss and grief.
Exclusion criteria
Have current psychotic symptoms, have severe substance abuse, do not have children at home and if they live outside the Gold Coast Health Service District .
Outcome results
None listed