Project details

Summary

What is the study about?

Parenting can be stressful for everyone, and parenting interventions have been shown to help. 

More than half of people with psychosis are also parents, but parenting interventions are not routinely offered to them. 

What are you trying to find out?

The study aims to find out if using a parenting programme is helpful to parents with psychosis, and whether they find it easy to use. The parenting programme is called the Triple P positive parenting programme. It is a 10-week programme that parents work through at their own pace at home using either a workbook to guide them, or an online programme on a computer, tablet or mobile phone. 

We want 75 parents with psychosis to take part.

What does taking part involve?

1. You will meet a research worker to find out if you are eligible to take part. 
2. If you are not eligible, or do not want to take part, a researcher will ask you a few questions about your background (e.g., your age, children’s age, etc.) and your reason for not taking part. Answering these questions is optional. If you choose to give us this information, it will be used for research. It will not be linked to your personal data. This also means you will not be able to withdraw this data after you have given it. 
3. If you are eligible and you would like to take part, we will ask you to sign a consent form.
4. We will ask for your consent to access your medical records and add a copy of your consent form. This means your clinical team will be able to see that you are taking part in this study but will not access your study data. 
5. Next you will fill in some questionnaires about your family, your children’s behaviour and your experiences of being a parent. You will also be asked to take part in an interview about your well-being and mental health. These assessments will take around 1.5 hours. 

After this you will be placed in one of two groups:

• Group 1: You will receive your usual care from adult mental health services (25 parents will be placed in this group).
• Group 2: You will receive your usual care and in addition, you will be given access to the Triple P positive parenting programme which you will be asked to complete within 15 weeks of starting it (50 parents will be placed in this group)

Some participants will be invited to take part in an additional research interview towards the end of the study to find out what they liked and disliked about the study. This is optional. You can say no to taking part in this interview and still take part in the overall study.

Who is it for?

• You are a parent of a child aged 2-12 
• You have experienced at least one episode of psychosis after the age of 18
• You are under the care of a care coordinator who works at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust or Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Why is it important? 

We hope that having access to Triple P will help you, but we cannot promise this. The information we get from this study may help us to improve the care of parents with psychosis in the future.

How can I find out more?

You can find out more information about taking part in this study by downloading the key documents at the top of this page. You can also find out more information on the project website here.

If you are interested in taking part in this study, or have questions for the research team, click the button below to email the research team:

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