Group program to help young adults with severe mental illness build romantic relationships
Tests a 12-session group program for relationships in adults with severe mental illness.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Centre hospitalier de Ville-Evrard, France
- Where
- Épinay-sur-Seine and Neuilly-sur-Marne, FranceSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Group Intervention for Romantic Relationships in Young Adults With Severe Mental Illness
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 20 people, planned
- Started
- 3 Nov 2025
- Expected to end
- 30 Nov 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- À deux, c'est mieux (Better Together) Group Intervention
- Record updated
- 5 January 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for single adults with a severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression, who want to improve their romantic and social relationships.
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Men and women can join.
- Disease stage
- A diagnosis of a severe mental illness, for example schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder.
- Earlier treatment
- Must have received mental health care within the past two years.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Cannot speak or read French
- Currently receiving acute or crisis-level psychiatric care
- Unable to follow the study procedures or group rules, for example staying sober during sessions
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Adults aged 18 years and older
- Diagnosis of a severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder)
- Currently single
- Motivated to improve romantic and social relationships and to pursue a romantic relationship
- Received mental health care within the past two years
- Able and willing to provide informed consent
Who cannot take part
- Currently receiving acute or crisis-level psychiatric care
- Inability to speak or read French
- Unable to comply with study procedures or group rules (e.g., maintaining sobriety during sessions)
Where in France
- HDJ (Hôpital de Jour)Épinay-sur-Seine, FranceContact: Sabrina HAMMAR, NurseTaking people
- L'UNIRRE (Unité Référente de Réhabilitation)Neuilly-sur-Marne, FranceContact: Adeline POETE, Specialized EducatorTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study evaluates a group-based intervention designed to improve romantic and social relationship skills in adults living with a severe mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder.
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Many adults with SMI experience loneliness, social isolation, and difficulties forming romantic relationships, even though most express a strong desire for intimacy. These challenges may be related to social skill difficulties, stigma, low self-esteem, and limited opportunities to develop healthy relationships.
The "À deux, c'est mieux" (Better Together) program is a structured 12-session group intervention focused on developing communication skills, emotional regulation, social understanding, and healthy romantic relationship behaviors. Sessions are led by trained mental health professionals and take place in small groups.
Participants will complete assessments before starting the program, at the end of the 12 sessions, and three months later. The study will examine changes in romantic relationship skills, quality of life, loneliness, self-esteem, self-stigma, and recovery.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether this intervention improves romantic and social functioning and overall well-being, and whether it is acceptable and relevant for adults living with severe mental illness.
The group in the trial
- À deux, c'est mieux Group InterventionTreatment being tested
Participants receive the "À deux, c'est mieux" group-based psychosocial intervention, a structured program designed to improve romantic and social relationship functioning in adults living with a severe mental illness. The intervention is delivered in small groups over 12 weekly sessions led by trained mental health professionals.
Treatment: À deux, c'est mieux (Better Together) Group Intervention
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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Study on the Effectiveness of a Group Intervention on Romantic Relationships in Young Adults With Severe Mental Illness
- Plain-language title
- Group program to help young adults with severe mental illness build romantic relationshipsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 5 January 2026