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Primary and secondary prevention for children of mentally ill parents

Primary and secondary prevention for children of mentally ill parents

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00011533
Enrollment
88
Registered
2017-04-28
Start date
2015-02-17
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Parents (up to 65 years) with minor children (3-18 years), who are in the hospital as in-patients. Adolescents (aged 12-18) of these parents who have at least one parent are mentally ill can participate in a coaching session. Diagnosis-spanning except gerontopsychiatry

Interventions

Group 1: This is an exploratory study in the ongoing clinical trial with parents (up to 65 years) with minor children (3-18 years). The questionnaire is used by the parents as a stranger assessment of

Sponsors

Vitos Gießen Marburg, Klinik Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
10 Years to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria parents: - Patients as inpatients at the clinic of Vitos Kurhessen - (step) parents (up to 65 years) with minor children (3 to 18 years) without any diagnostic restriction - ability to consent Inclusion criteria for participation in the prevention program (evaluation) children / teenagers - lives with at least one parent - 10 to 18 years - at least one parent is mentally ill - sufficient knowledge of German

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria Parents: - can not be consented - lack of language skills - intelligence reduction - acute / emergency treatment, self- and / or hazardous to the environment Exclusion criteria Children / Youth: - no consent or withdrawal of the approval - intelligence reduction - psychiatric history of the child / youth, - suicidality (in this case direct transition to children's and children's youth psychiatry part of the continuous providing consulting services).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Primary endpoint: Internalizing abnormalities of the youth self report (YSR) questionnaire should be reduced in the intervention group versus control group. The size of the effect should be a group difference with the effect intensity 0.5 (this is to be seen as a clinically relevant effect strength (Norman et al., 2003).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary endpoints: Significant group differences are expected in favor of the intervention group with regard to perceived parent relationships, information on the disease and specific stresses and coherence. As a tertiary endpoint, an improved self-awareness is expected (the construct has strong trait aspects). Trauma experience is used for subgroup analyses.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBeate Kettemann

Vitos Giessen Marburg, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

beate.kettemann@vitos-giessen-marburg.de06421 404 776

Outcome results

None listed

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