Circle of Security™ for mentally ill women with their infants

A randomised controlled evaluation of an attachment-based group intervention program (Circle of Security™) for mentally ill women with their infants

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN88988596

Enrollment

Registered

2010-06-07

Start date

2010-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Maternal mental illness, attachment disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders Maternal mental illness

Interventions

COS Intervention: The Circle of Security™ (COS) intervention was designed to alter developmental pathways of at-risk parents and their children. Conceptualised as a manualised, group-based, 20-week i

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Mother (no age restrictions): mental illness 2. Infant: age of 4 to 9 months at study inclusion, either sex

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Mother: 1.1. Acute crisis of mental illness (i.e. suicidal tendency) 1.2. Schizophrenia 1.3. Primary substance-abuse 1.4. Intellectual impairments (intelligence quotient [IQ] less than 80) 2. Infant: 2.1. Mental retardation 2.2. Autism

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Infant's attachment quality (security versus insecurity), measured at T2	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Mother's attachment representation, measured at T1 and T2 2. Mother's interaction behaviour, measured at T1 and T2 3. Mother's reflecting functioning (RF), measured at T1 and T2 4. Mother's symptomatology, measured at T1 and T2	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 21, 2026