RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06301347

Learning Through Play Plus for Psychosis

Integrated Parenting Intervention for Parents With Schizophrenia: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial in Pakistan

Sponsor

Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning

Enrollment

90 participants

Start Date

Apr 1, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Psychosis

Summary

Evidence reports that parents with schizophrenia are particularly vulnerable to parenting difficulties and also experience problems in sensitively interacting with their children. This may cause insecure attachment in infants of mothers with psychosis. Children of parents with schizophrenia have poor developmental and clinical outcomes. However, there is no published trial, to the best of our knowledge, for children of parents with schizophrenia. Learning through Play (LTP) is a potentially low cost intervention to improve maternal mental health and child outcomes by promoting health child development. The proposed study will integrate LTP with existing culturally appropriate Cognitive Behaviour Theray (CBT) for psychosis (CaCBT-p) and test its feasibility and acceptability for parents with schizophrenia.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study tests a program called 'Learning Through Play Plus' that helps parents with psychosis (such as schizophrenia or first-episode psychosis) learn how to use play as a way to support their young children's development. The program aims to improve both the parent's mental health and their child's early learning. **You may be eligible if...** - You are a parent (mother or father) 18 years or older - You have been diagnosed with first-episode psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or a related condition - You have a child between birth and 36 months old - You have been on stable psychiatric medication for at least 3 months - You live within the catchment area of the study site **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You have an active alcohol or substance use disorder (other than nicotine) - You are currently in a psychiatric crisis or hospitalization - You have already violated any of the eligibility criteria above Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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