Stage I Randomized Trial of Mentalization-Based Therapy for Substance Using Mothers of Infants and Toddlers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Maternal Substance Use, Child Abuse and Neglect

In brief

The primary goal of this Stage I therapy development study will be to manualize and test the preliminary efficacy of a parenting intervention for drug dependent mothers that aims to foster their ability to recognize children's emotional needs at different ages and their capacity to be emotionally available to their children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00319436

Run by

Yale University

People needed

47

Starts

2004-08-01

Expected to finish

2009-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• English-speaking adult women
• history of primary alcohol, cocaine, cannabis, club drug, or heroin abuse or dependence
• caring for a child between 1 and 36 months of age

You may not qualify if…

• acute suicidality/ homicidality
• severe psychiatric or substance-related symptoms requiring in-patient hospitalization or ambulatory detoxification

Where it is running

• The APT Foundation — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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