Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood
Conditions
Brief summary
Six-years following participation in the Family Bereavement Program (FBP) participants in the program as compared to a self-study control group will have lower levels of mental health problems, lower one-year prevalence of mental disorder that meets diagnostic criteria, lower use of substances, higher levels of competence at achieving developmentally appropriate tasks in academic achievement and social competence, and better self-esteem. The effects of the FBP will be moderated by baseline levels of mental health problems and gender. Bereaved caregivers who participated in the program will also show lower levels of mental health problems as compared with controls. Program effects will be mediated by theoretical mediators targeted by the program.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSelf- study comparison group
Caregivers, children and adolescents each received three books about coping with grief following the death of a loved one plus a syllabus to guide reading
BEHAVIORALFamily Bereavement Program
12 session groups for caregivers and bereaved children and adolescents plus two individual sessions
Sponsors
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Arizona State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Experienced parental death in prior 30 months * Youth age 8-16 years old
Exclusion criteria
* Not currently in other treatment for mental health problems * Caregiver not meet criteria for clinical depression * Youth not meet criteria for externalizing problems * Not currently suicidal
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC) | One year |
| Child Behavior Checklist and Young Adult Behavior Checklist | one year |
| Youth Self Report (YSR)and Young Adult Self Report (YASR) | one year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Social and academic competence | one year |
| Grade point average | one year |
| Monitoring the Future - substance use | one year |
| Parent and child report of parenting | One year |
| Grief - TRIG, Intrusive Grief Thoughts Scale, Inventory of Complicated Grief | one month |
| Cortisol | 45 minutes |
| Rosenberg Self-esteem scale | one year |
| Beck Depression Inventory for parents | One week |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed