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Participation of significant others in psychiatric and psychosocial health care in Germany - obstacles and potentials for change

Participation of significant others in psychiatric and psychosocial health care in Germany - obstacles and potentials for change - PazAng

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00035502
Enrollment
300
Registered
2024-11-14
Start date
2024-11-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-22

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

Conditions

Clinical professionals, patients in psychiatric care (not diagnosis-specific) and their close ones

Interventions

Group 1: Professionals in clinical-psychiatric health care with patient contact (nursing, medical, psychotherapeutic, complementary therapy staff, people in training, social work, experienced peer wor
approx. n= 50 per study centre. Group 2: Patients in psychiatric care (not diagnosis-specific, associated with one of the two study centres)
planned total n=100
approx. n= 50 per study centre. Group 3: next of kin of persons experienced with psychiatric care (family members, partners, friends, roommates
other close ones)
via study centres and “Angehörige psychisch erkrankter Menschen Landesverband Berlin e.V. ”
advised total n=100.

Sponsors

Universitätsklinik Leipzig AöR; Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Users of psychiatric services/patients: all people who have experience of own mental health crises or psychiatric treatment (at a study location ) - Significant others of people with experience of mental health crises or psychiatric treatment (family members, partners, friends, flatmates; other close ones) with association to a study centre or via ProjectPartner ApK.ev. - Professionals: People who are professionally involved in psychiatric or psychiatric or psychosocial care with people in mental health crises (psychiatric doctors, psychotherapists, nursing staff, creative and movement therapists, social workers, physical therapists, social workers, recovery counsellors).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: under 18 yo

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Experiences and attitudes towards cooperation between patients next of kin and professionals in mental health care. Subjectively reported needs and wishes as well as discrepancies and conflicting goals of the three sub-groups. Cross-sectional survey, collected at one time point as self-report by respondents via online survey

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
(ascribed) Roles and functions of significant others and possible conflicts of interest in the context of cooperation between the three groups of people surveyed in the context of psychiatric care

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSven Speerforck

Universitätsklinik Leipzig AöR; Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

sven.speerforck@medizin.uni-leipzig.de+493419724584

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 28, 2026