Benefits Management for People With Psychiatric Disabilities

Schizophrenia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Benefits Management for People With Psychiatric Disabilities

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01329393
• Other study ID #: 0910005874
• Secondary ID: R34MH083894
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2013

Study information

• Verified date: July 2014
• Source: Yale University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 99
• Est. completion date: December 2013
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bipolar Disorder
• Dual Diagnosis
• Schizophrenia

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Benefits 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.
• Illness Management and Recovery
Recovery Oriented Training in Biopsychosocial Model of Stress and How to Cope with Stress

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Institute of Living	Hartford	Connecticut

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Yale University	National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in the Summed score on the Heinrich-Carpenter Quality of Life Measure	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.	Change from Week 0 to Week 24

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