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Family Involvement in The Treatment Of a Mentally Ill Relative

NCT ID: NCT00258167

Last Updated: 2008-06-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-11-30

Study Completion Date

2008-11-30

Brief Summary

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* Research demonstrates that the families of the seriously mentally ill are burdened by this caregiving role and by their responsibilities
* Research also demonstrates that family interventions are effective and that they have a potential to reduce family burden, as well as to improve the condition of the mentally ill patients.
* We assume that the sibling group intervention would be effective in reducing the family burden of the siblings, and that this reduction would be reflected in their replies to the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory".

Detailed Description

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* The group for siblings is an intervention which is carried out in the outpatient clinic of Lev HaSharon Mental Health Center in cycles which last eight weeks;
* Every group cycle will include between 10-14 participants, all siblings of persons with mental illness. The patients themselves (ill siblings) are either hospitalized in Lev HaSharon Mental Health Center, or are outpatients in the Lev HaSharon Mental Health Outpatient Unit, or in the community at large.
* The group is an ongoing group: short term intensive group intervention in a dynamic orientation. Veteran participants of each cycle are welcome to re-join at following cycles, and at the same time new participants can join at the beginning of each cycle.
* Participants will be asked to fill the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory" twice: first time before the first meeting of a particular cycle of sibling group and second time: after the last (eighth) meeting of this group cycle.

Conditions

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Families of Mentally Ill

Keywords

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Family members Illness burden Mental Disorders Family intervention

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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filling the "Experience of Caregiving Inventory"

8 weeks of group therapy for family members

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* siblings of persons with mental illness

Exclusion Criteria

* persons junior then 18 years old
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lev Hasharon Mental Health Center

Principal Investigators

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Igor Oyffe, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Lev-Hasharon Mental Healtlh Center

Locations

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Lev-HasharonMHC

Netanya, , Israel

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Israel

Central Contacts

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Igor Oyffe, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 972-8981248

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Igor Oyffe, MD

Role: primary

Shuvit Melamed, MSW

Role: backup

References

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Melamed, S. Permission: A conceptual tool for treating mentally ill patients and their families. Journal of Family Psychotherapy. 12 (2). Pp. 29-42, 2001.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Dixon L, McFarlane WR, Lefley H, Lucksted A, Cohen M, Falloon I, Mueser K, Miklowitz D, Solomon P, Sondheimer D. Evidence-based practices for services to families of people with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatr Serv. 2001 Jul;52(7):903-10. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.52.7.903.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11433107 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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LH12/2005.CTIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id