Skills for Talking About Cannabis for Families of Young Adults With Psychosis

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Conditions studied: Caregiver Burden, Cannabis Use, Expressed Emotion, Communications Skills

In brief

The objectives of this research is to (1) create a family intervention and provider manual to train family members of young people with psychosis (YP-P) who are heavy cannabis users new communication skills to motivate change in the YP-P's cannabis use, (2) pre-test the intervention with 10 family member participants and adapt the intervention based on their recommendations, and (3) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention in a randomized pilot trial (n=40). The investigators anticipate that the intervention will improve family participants' communication skills, decrease expressed emotion and caregiver burden. The investigators anticipate that improvements in communication skills, expressed emotion and caregiver burden will lead to decreases in the cannabis use of their YP-P.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06961877

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

40

Starts

2025-10-31

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• aged 18 years or older,
• has a loved one who is both in CSC treatment for FEP and has used cannabis in the past 30 days,
• has regular contact with their loved one with FEP. It is assumed that YA-P will be aged 13-40 with schizophrenia spectrum disorder given criteria for CSC enrollment.

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to read study materials and communicate feedback in English
• Do not have access to Zoom

Where it is running

• The University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States

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