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The primary aim of the project is to test the effectiveness of a cognitive remediation treatment (CRT) program, My Brain Solutions (MBS), in addition to motivational interviewing (MI) in improving cognition and functional outcome of individuals at risk of SMI. An active control treatment consisting of CRT alone will be used. Hypotheses: 1. Both study groups will have improvement in cognition at the end of treatment; 2. CRT+MI group will have increased treatment adherence and superior improvements in cognition at the end of treatment and 12 months post baseline compared to the CRT only group; Secondary Hypothesis: 3. Improved cognition will be associated with improved functional outcome.
The New Hampshire Medicaid Wellness Incentive Program (WIP) will address both the health disparity and increased costs by providing incentivized health promotion programs to overweight or obese and/or tobacco-smoking Medicaid beneficiaries receiving services at New Hampshire's 10 regional Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs).
This study will determine whether an 18-month practical tobacco smoking cessation program integrating weight management counseling and exercise will be superior to treatment as usual in achieving prolonged smoking abstinence in persons with serious mental illness.
The overall aim with the project PsYoungSupport is to evaluate Internet and communication technology (ICT) health efforts, i.e. information, education and support for young adults (16-25 years) who are first degree relatives or represent the close social network (relative or close friend) of individuals with mental illness, with regard to the process (the quality and usefulness of the support) and the effect (on health and quality of life, situation as relative or part of close social network and consumption of other support/care) of the intervention. The participatory design is one of the foundations of this project, and young adult participants will be consulted through out the research project. PsYoungSupport is a research program comprising three phases, Phase I is a survey of young relatives' and close friends' needs for internet based information, education and support, Phase II is the development of a website, and Phase III is an intervention based on the previous phases. The aim of phase III is to evaluate the effect of an internet based intervention containing information, education and support for young adults in families where a family member suffers from mental illness or functional disability. The participants (N=400) will be randomised to two groups with different kinds of support. The participants will be evaluated using self-questionnaires and web interviews at the following occasions: baseline at the start of the intervention, after 4 months and after 8 months. This project will have implications for persons suffering from mental illness as well as for their relatives and close friends.
The study aims to test the effectiveness of a nurse-led psycho-education program based on motivational interviewing technique for Chinese patients with first-onset mental illness over a 12-month follow-up. A randomized controlled trial will be conducted with 180 Chinese patients with schizophrenia newly referred to one outpatient clinic in Hong Kong. They will be randomly assigned to either the eight-session nurse-led psycho-education program or usual psychiatric outpatient care (both n=90). The patients' general and mental health, illness insight, self-efficacy, services utilization, and hospitalization rates were measured at recruitment and one week, six months and 12 months post-intervention. Note: Those who were approached in the clinic and not eligible to participate in this trial will be invited to participate in another controlled trial. The controlled trial tests the effects of a self-help problem-solving based bibliotherapy program (SPBB) for Chinese family caregivers in recent onset psychosis (not more than 1 year onset) at one psychiatric clinic, in comparison to routine outpatient service and family support (control group) for 116 randomly selected family caregivers of outpatients with psychotic disorders over a 6-month follow-up.)
The investigator is conducting a hybrid efficacy-effectiveness randomized controlled trial with low-income African American suicide attempters. Guided by the Theory of Triadic Influence (TTI), this pilot randomized controlled trial aims: 1. to determine if psychosocial group intervention (PGI) is more effective than enhanced treatment as usual (ETAU) in reducing suicidal behavior (ideation, attempts; primary outcome) and improving its correlates (depressive symptoms, hopelessness, quality of life) (secondary outcomes) in low-income African Americans with a recent attempt. 2. to determine if PGI is more effective than ETAU at bolstering intrapersonal (I), social/situational (SS), and cultural/environmental (CE) risk and protective factors that mediate the condition-suicidal behavior and correlates link and thus serve as mechanisms of change. 3. to determine I, SS, and CE variables that moderate the condition-suicidal behavior link and thus serve as predictors of intervention outcome. Hypothesis for Aim 1: At post-intervention and follow-up, PGI participants will evidence greater improvements in suicidal behavior and its correlates than those in ETAU. Hypothesis for Aim 2: Changes in these risk and protective factors will account for condition effects on outcomes: (1) psychological distress, aggression, impulsivity, substance abuse, low self-esteem, and suicide acceptability (I-risk); (2) perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness, relationship discord, intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization (SS-risk); (3) access to a weapon and barriers to service utilization (CE-risk); (4) reasons for living, optimism, positive ethnic identity, effective coping, and spiritual well-being (I-protective); (5) overall family health and social support from family and friends (SS-protective); and (6) religious involvement and effectiveness of obtaining resources (CE-protective). Hypothesis for Aim 3: Individuals (1) having fewer Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) disorders and attachment styles characterized by positivity toward the self and others (I); (2) children and more limited trauma histories (SS); and (3) more daily hassles and less exposure to community disorder (CE) will evidence greater reductions in suicidal behavior and its correlates and greater enhancements in quality of life at post-intervention and follow-up.
The aim of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally adapted parenting support program for Somali parents living in Sweden on children's and parent´s mental health. In recent years the Somali population in Sweden has increased and is currently one of the largest groups among ethnic minorities. Most of the Somali people have arrived as refugees and have experienced war, trauma and conflict. Research shows that migration to a new social context/society is challenging for a family and may together with previous experiences of war, separation, create stress and mental illness. This leads to consequences such as family violence, child abuse, relational problems, drug problems and school problems for children. There is a vast knowledge on the association between parents' mental health, positive parent-child relationship and children's health and well-being. Previous studies have shown that parenting programs aimed to support parent-child relationship and/or improve parental skills have positive effects on parental mental health and on children's behavior. Most municipalities in Sweden offer their residents a structured parenting program, but these programs do not reach those of ethnic minorities. Studies show that parenting programs mainly target parents who can speak Swedish fluently and that the parenting programs are not yet culturally adapted.
An estimated 40% of patients in mental health treatment settings engage in hazardous alcohol and/or drug use. One model of intervention that has been shown effective in medical settings to reduce alcohol use and/or promote engagement in addiction treatment is screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT). Despite the effectiveness of SBIRT for risky alcohol use in medical settings, there has been no research on the effectiveness of SBIRT in mental health treatment settings. Given the proportionately large number of mental health patients who also engage in hazardous substance use, research is needed to find an appropriate and effective substance use intervention for patients in these settings. The proposed study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine the extent to which the World Health Organization's SBIRT model, the ASSIST (Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test) and its associated brief behavioral intervention, leads to reductions in substances prevalent in mental health settings: alcohol, cannabis and stimulants (i.e., cocaine and methamphetamine). The study will also examine the effect of SBIRT on improvement in psychiatric symptoms, improved quality of life and for those whose level of substance misuse indicates a need for treatment, initiation and engagement into SUD treatment services. Eligible participants will be mental health patients who report any past year use of cannabis or stimulants or at least one heavy drinking day in the past year. Mental health patients (N=750) who meet eligibility criteria will be enrolled and randomly assigned to either the SBIRT intervention condition or to a health education attention control condition. Participants will be assessed at baseline on substance use, psychiatric symptoms and quality of life. Each participant will be assessed at 3-, 6- and 12- month follow up points for alcohol and drug use, involvement in SUD treatment services, severity of psychiatric symptoms and quality of life. If successful this study will yield valuable new knowledge about the effectiveness of SBIRT in mental health treatment settings and will promote improved well being of mental health patients. Further, the study will provide evidence on the effectiveness of SBIRT for reducing illicit drug use. Results from this research will be used as the basis for broader dissemination and of SBIRT in mental health settings.
The purpose of this two-year pilot study is to adapt a 12-week attachment-based parenting intervention for implementation with female adult caregivers who have or are at risk for long-term interpersonal conflict with family members, children, or significant others and are caring for a child between the ages of birth and 7 years.