CompletedNot Applicable

VIA Family - Family Based Early Intervention Versus Treatment as Usual

Denmark96 participantsStarted 2017-09-25

Plain-language summary

This RCT aims to investigate the effect of an early family-based intervention (VIA Family) focusing on reducing risk and increasing resilience for children in families where at least one parent has a severe mental illness.The study is a randomized clinical trial including 100 children age 6-12 with familial high risk.The children and their parents will be assessed at baseline and thereafter randomized and allocated to either Treatment as Usual or VIA Family.

Who can participate

Age range6 Years – 12 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Child must have address registered in the municipality of Frederiksberg or Copenhagen. * At least one of the biological parents must have a diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder, bipolar affective disorder or recurrent major depression. * The parent with a diagnosis must have had at least one in- or outpatient contact with the mental health system within the lifetime of the child. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents who do not speak and understand enough Danish to be able to give informed consent for their own and for the child's participation. * If all family members are currently engaged in an intensive family intervention program addressing parental functioning and child development, they are excluded from the study.

What they're measuring

Change in Childrens Global Assesment Scale (CGAS)

Timeframe: Change from baseline at 18 month follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03497663

SponsorMental Health Centre Copenhagen, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-01-01

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