Family Intervention for Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

Family Intervention for SMI and Substance Use Disorder

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00043693

Enrollment

108

Registered

2002-08-15

Start date

2002-04-30

Completion date

2008-12-31

Last updated

2012-08-08

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Conditions

Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, Substance-related Disorders

Keywords

Psychotic Disorders, Schizoaffective Disorder, Substance Abuse

Brief summary

This study will evaluate a family intervention program for individuals with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder and co-occurring substance use disorders.

Detailed description

Substance use disorder (SUD) in persons with severe mental illness may worsen the course of psychiatric illness. The loss of family support for individuals with mental illness is a major contributing factor to housing instability, homelessness, and other problems. Despite progress toward integrating mental health and substance abuse services, interventions that improve the course of mental illness while helping the families of the mentally ill are not currently available. Enhancing skills for coping with mental illness may be an effective strategy for treating SUD, decreasing caregiver burden, and improving the long-term outcomes for people with mental illness. Patients and their families are randomly assigned to either the Family Intervention for Dual Diagnosis (FIDD) program or family psychoeducation. The FIDD program lasts for up to 3 years and includes both single and multiple-family group formats. The family psychoeducation program consists of 6 weekly sessions. Routine assessments are conducted on all patients, and relatives are evaluated on a wide range of outcomes, including substance abuse, hospitalizations, psychiatric symptoms, legal problems, aggression, housing and homelessness, family burden, social support, and quality of life. To determine the effectiveness of the FIDD program, knowledge of mental illness and problem-solving skills are assessed in the families following treatment.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALFamily Intervention for Dual Diagnosis

The family intervention for dual diagnosis program lasts for up to 3 years and includes both single and multiple-family group formats.

BEHAVIORALFamily psychoeducation program

The family psychoeducation program consists of 6 weekly sessions.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Have schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder * Have a current substance use disorder (within the past 6 months) * Are willing to have at least 4 hours of contact per week with family members or significant others * Plan to remain in the community * Have family members or significant others who consent to participate in the study and plan to remain in the community

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Alcohol use scale-revised	Measured at baseline, during treatment, and post-treatment
Drug use scale-revised	Measured at baseline, during treatment, and post-treatment
Substance abuse treatment scale	Measured at baseline, during treatment, and post-treatment
Timeline followback calandar	Measured at baseline, during treatment, and post-treatment

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026