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Helping Families: Psychoeducational Intervention for Parents with Personality Disorders

Helping Families: The Systematic Development and Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of a Psychoeducational Intervention for Parents with Personality Disorders

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN14573230
Enrollment
70
Registered
2014-05-21
Start date
2016-04-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-04-06

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Conditions

Personality disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Two existing, validated psychoeducational health technologies will be used as the platform for the new technology: 1. Psycho-Education with Problem-Solving (PEPS), a psychoeducational

Sponsors

South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Parent: 1. Primary parental caregiver for index child 2. Aged 18-65 years 3. Presence of any personality disorder 4. Proficient in written and spoken English 5. Capacity to provide informed consent to participate Child: 1. Living at home with index parent 2. Aged 3-16 years 3. Presence of an emotional or behavioural disorder 4. Attending, or being considered for, CAMHS

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Parent: 1. Presence of psychosis 2. Engaged in individual or group psychotherapy directly related to personality disorder 3. Engaged in another structured parenting intervention 4. Receiving inpatient care 5. Insufficient language or cognitive abilities to participate fully in trial procedures Child: 1. Presence of neurodevelopmental or psychotic disorder 2. Not residing with index parent 3. Considered for or subject to an application for care or supervision proceedings

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Child mental health: 1. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) 2. Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) 3. Child Behavior Checklist-Internalising Scale (CBCL-Int) 4. Concerns About My Child (CAMC) Parental mental health: 1. Symptom Checklist-27 (SCL-27)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Parenting satisfaction: Kansas Parental Satisfaction Scale (KPSS) 2. Parenting behaviour: Arnold-O?Leary Parenting Scale 3. Treatment alliance: Working Alliance Inventory-Short-Revised (WAI-SR) 4. Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs): EQ-5D and EQ-5D-Y 5. Service use and costs: Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI)

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 19, 2026