Bipolar Disorder, Dual Diagnosis, Schizophrenia
Conditions
Keywords
Disability, Social Security, Representative Payee
Brief summary
This stage 1 clinical trial will determine pilot efficacy, develop a therapy manual, and collect qualitative data concerning a brief money management intervention for people disabled by psychiatric illnesses.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBenefits Management
Money-management intervention consisting of brief advice on budgeting, assessment of ability to follow a budget, and assessment of need for a representative payee.
BEHAVIORALIllness Management and Recovery
Recovery Oriented Training in Biopsychosocial Model of Stress and How to Cope with Stress
Sponsors
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Yale University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Has received treatment for a psychiatric disorder within 60 days of enrollment * Receives SSI or SSDI payments totaling at least $600 per month * Has an identified outpatient clinician * Either i) Homeless within the past 3 months. Homeless is defined as having spent at least seven days in a shelter, outdoors (e.g. in a park, in a car), in a public or abandoned building (e.g. train station), or temporarily (less than a continuous month) housed by family or friends OR ii) Hospitalized within the past 3 months Justification for Inclusion Criteria: Homelessness and hospitalization are common reasons for payee assignment (Conrad, Matters et al. 1998). In a prior study, we found that a high proportion of hospitalized inpatients meet criteria for needing a payee (Rosen, Rosenheck et al. 2002a). There is no point enrolling clinically stable outpatients in this study because they are unlikely to need payees.
Exclusion criteria
* Already has a conservator or representative payee * An application to assign a payee or conservator has been initiated * Unable to speak and understand English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the Summed score on the Heinrich-Carpenter Quality of Life Measure | Change from Week 0 to Week 24 | The Heinrich-Carpenter Quality of Life score is derived by summing ratings of individual items after a semi-structured interview. The possible score on any given interview is 0-126. It is a global measure of social functioning with higher scores indicating better functioning. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed