Family education program for carers of young people with psychosis
Tests a family education program for carers of young adults with psychosis.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Supporting Patients by Family Education in Psychotic Illness: A Prospective Cohort Study
Key facts
- Where
- Edmonton, CanadaSee the 4 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 17 and 27 years old?
Source: NCT05500001, who can take part
Where in Canada
- Alberta Hospital EdmontonEdmonton, CanadaTaking people
- Grey Nuns Community HospitalEdmonton, CanadaTaking people
- Royal Alexandra HospitalEdmonton, CanadaTaking people
- University of Alberta HospitalEdmonton, CanadaTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Alberta
- Trial code
- NCT05500001
- Record updated
- 26 October 2026
- Original description
Background: A lack of education, resources, and support for family carers of young adults with psychotic illnesses leaves them ill-equipped to support their loved one. Although family support groups exist, few groups offer evidence-based, skills-focused, psychoeducation taught by certified professionals and provided on a public-health level. By equipping families with skills and knowledge, public healthcare harnesses a powerful ally to maintain community stabilization.Read full original descriptionShow less
Supporting Patients by Family Education in Psychotic Illness: A Prospective Cohort Study
Background: A lack of education, resources, and support for family carers of young adults with psychotic illnesses leaves them ill-equipped to support their loved one. Although family support groups exist, few groups offer evidence-based, skills-focused, psychoeducation taught by certified professionals and provided on a public-health level. By equipping families with skills and knowledge, public healthcare harnesses a powerful ally to maintain community stabilization.
Aims: The primary study goal is to implement a psychoeducation intervention for family carers supporting young adults with psychosis to reduce family burden and foster community stabilization of service users.
Methods: A longitudinal pre-post design will be used to assess the long-term effectiveness of the psychoeducation intervention for family carers supporting a young adult with psychosis on service utilization and functional indexes. Nine expert-reviewed, and family peer-informed psychoeducation modules are administered in 2-hour sessions over 9 weeks to family carers.
Conclusion: Presenting the novel approach of an expert-reviewed, peer-informed psychoeducation intervention for family carers, with a focus on knowledge and skill development, the researchers contribute to literature and best practice in patient and family-centered care.
Inclusion: Young adult service user is aged 17-27 at time of recruitment; Young adult service user has had an admission or discharge from an Alberta Health Services or Covenant Health psychiatric unit for psychosis in the Edmonton Zone within previous 12-months.
Exclusion: Young adult service user has NOT had an admission or discharge from an Alberta Health Services or Covenant Health psychiatric unit for psychosis in the Edmonton Zone within previous 12-months; Not proficient in English.