Examining the Impact of a Peer-Provided Psychoeducational Program for Parents: NAMI Basics

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Conditions studied: Mental Disorder, Child

In brief

This study will evaluate a peer service program for caregivers of youth struggling with mental illness using a program developed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) called NAMI Basics. This peer service program for caregivers was adapted from their successful and empirically supported model for caregivers of adult children with mental illness (Family-to-Family). The child-focused intervention, NAMI Basics, is a six-class curriculum focused on increasing caregiver knowledge about mental illness, empowering parents to advocate for their children across service systems, and introducing skills that assist in family problem-solving and communication. The current study is a randomized effectiveness trial of NAMI Basics. Caregivers who are parenting youth with a mental illness (N = 175) referred to the NAMI Basics program through natural referral routes will be given the option to participate in the study, and if interested, randomly assigned to either an immediate NAMI Basics classes (Wave A) or an 8-week delay condition (Wave B), followed by initiation of the NAMI Basics class.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04843163

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

137

Starts

2017-12-06

Expected to finish

2020-02-10

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any primary caregivers of youth (aged 2 to 18) with emotional or behavioral health problems referred to the NAMI Basics program via naturally occurring referral systems and who have signed informed consent for participation.
• Participants must be fluent in English or Spanish.

You may not qualify if…

• Only one caregiver per identified child (It may occur that two caregivers of the same child will enroll in the class and be interested in participating in the study. If two caregivers of the same child are enrolled in the class and interested in the research study, only one will complete study questionnaires. This will be determined by the caregivers themselves, and they will elect one reporter to complete study questionnaires.)
• Those who have attended 2 or more class sessions of NAMI Basics previously, at any point.

Where it is running

• The University of Texas at Austin — Austin, Texas, United States

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