Mental Health
Conditions
Keywords
Homeless Persons
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to examine how services and housing provided for homeless families affect the mental health and behavior of homeless children over time.
Detailed description
This study is a supplement to a parent study which concentrates on the outcomes of homeless mothers who are provided with services and housing. This study will focus on the effects of housing and services on children, who may be the major beneficiaries of such assistance. Participants are randomly assigned to either receive services and permanent housing or to remain in a homeless shelter without additional assistance. Children and their parents are interviewed separately 3, 9, and 15 months after study entry. The teachers of participating children are surveyed twice during the study.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCritical Time Intervention
Sponsors
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Months to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Enrollment in the parent study * Homeless and living at a shelter with mother/maternal guardian at the time of study enrollment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Internalizing, externalizing, school outcomes | 18 months post enrollment |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed