Clinical trial NCT06307366: Perceptions and Experiences of (Family Members of) People With Mental Illness About the Chance for Mental Illness in (Future) Children, and Needs for Care and Research
Official title: Perceptions and Experiences of (Future) Parents With Mental Illness and Family Members of People With Mental Illness About Risk for Mental Illness in (Future) Children, Potential Resilience Factors, and Needs for Care and Research
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Mental Illness
Keywords: mental illness
risk
resilience
offspring
qualitative research
mood-psychosis spectrum
Lead sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-12
Enrollment: 10
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The following participants will be included: (Future) parents with (a partner with) mental illness in the mood-psychosis spectrum (psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, severe depression); ≥ 18 years old.

If including (future) parents with mental illness and their partners will turn out to be difficult given our timeframe, we will mitigate this by additionally including family members of people with mental illness, e.g. siblings or grandparents.

Brief summary: Despite consistent evidence that mental illness runs in families, intergenerational transmission of risk of mental illness is rarely considered in clinical practice. Neither preventive programs for children of parents with mental illness are usually implemented in care, nor supportive programs for parenting. Furthermore, parents with mental illness are not always aware of how their disorder may impact the well-being of their children. To date, the needs for counseling, care and research in parents with mental illness and family members of people with mental illness are unclear. Therefore, this prospective qualitative interview study aims to gain insights into the perceptions and experiences of (future) parents with mental illness, partners and family members of people with mental illness about risk for and resilience against mental illness in (future) children, as well as their needs for counseling, care and research.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Having (a partner or relative with) a diagnosis of a mental illness in the mood-psychosis spectrum, i.e., psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or severe depression
* At least 18 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

* Insufficient proficiency of the Dutch language
* No demonstration of adequate understanding of the purpose, procedures, risks, benefits, emergency contacts, and payment issues (in accordance with criteria to assess capacities to consent from Appelbaum \& Grisso, 1988).
* Unable to give consent to all aspects of the study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Themes around the topics (related to perceptions and experiences) explored.
timeFrame: 1 hour
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rotterdam
country: Netherlands
facility: Erasmus Medical Center
state: Zuid-Holland
Study officials:
affiliation: Erasmus Medical Center
name: Hilmar H. Bijma, MD, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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