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Family Centered Psychiatric Social Work Interventions for Persons with First Episode Psychosis

Efficacy of Family Centered Psychiatric Social Work Interventions for Persons with First Episode Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/04/006861
Enrollment
56
Registered
2016-04-22
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- First Episode Psychosis

Interventions

Intervention1: Family Centered Psychiatric Social Work Interventions for Persons with First Episode Psychosis: A family Centered Psychiatric Social Work Interventions would be developed by the researc

Sponsors

National Institute of Mental Health And Neuro Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Caregivers of PwFEP with age group of 18-50 years, with in the first 5 years of onset of illness. 2. Caregivers of PwFEP DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and psychosis not otherwise specified. 3. Caregivers of PwFEP who resides in and around Bangalore (within 50 kilometers of distance) 4. Caregivers of PwFEP willing to come for follow up at NIMHANS, Bangalore. 5. Caregivers of PwFEP who can speak Kannada, Telugu and English languages.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. PwFEP having substance induced psychosis, organic psychosis, psychosis as a part of dementia and mental retardation 2. Caregivers of PwFEP diagnosed of having severe psychiatric or neurological disorders 3. Caregivers of PwFEP involved in the care of another family member suffering from serious physical or mental illness. 4. Caregivers of PwFEP who have already received similar intervention package. 5. Caregivers of PwFEP unable or unwilling to give informed consent. 6. Caregivers of PwFEP who will be unable to come for the follow-up at NIMHANS.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (Ustun et al.)Timepoint: 3 months post Intervention—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Positive and Negative Syndrome scale, PANSS (Kay, Fiszbein, & Opler, 1987), Clinical Global Impression Rating scale (Guy, 1976), Knowledge about Schizophrenia Interview, KASI (Barrowclough et al., 1987), The Socio-occupational Functioning Scale (SOFS) (Saraswat, Rao, Subbakrishna, & Gangadhar, 2006),Timepoint: 3 months post Intervention;The Medication Adherence Rating Scale, MARS (Thompson, Kulkarni, & Sergejew, 2000), WHOQOL- BREF (Turkington, Dudley, Warman, & Beck, 2004), The Burden Assessment Schedule, BAS (Thara, Padmavati, Kumar, & Srinivasan, 1998)Timepoint: 3 months post Intervention—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMs Udgiri Swarupa Mohan

National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences (NIMHAN)

jagatth@yahoo.com080-26995350

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026