Status:
UNKNOWN
AIMHI NT Relapse Prevention Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Menzies School of Health Research
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
Alcohol Education and rehabilitation Fund
Conditions:
Schizophrenia
Schizoaffective Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
A new treatment for indigenous people with mental illness in remote communities has been developed. The study hypothesis is that this new treatment will result in better outcomes for clients and carer...
Detailed Description
A combined education and counselling treatment has been developed using a care plan and stories delivered via computer based animated software, with associated flip charts and information sheets. The ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants will be recruited by Aboriginal Mental Health Workers - or nominated by mental health staff or the General Practitioner. The treating doctors or local mental health team will be notified of the nomination in each case and, if they have no concerns, the Aboriginal Mental Health Worker will arrange the information and consent session with the research team. The participants will be clients who have a primary chronic mental illness, are aged over 18 years, are able to give informed consent, and are current clients. The diagnoses for inclusion are Schizophrenia, Delusional disorder, Schizoaffective disorder, Drug-induced psychosis, Non-specific psychoses, and Affective disorders. The criteria for chronicity for the purposes of the project are defined by two or more episodes of illness severe enough to require medical intervention and treatment. The carer will be identified by discussion between the client and the Aboriginal Mental Health Worker or Health Worker.
Exclusion
- People aged less than 18 years, and people with known Intellectual disability or organic brain disorders will be excluded. People with illnesses which have not recurred, or which are not likely to recur will be excluded.
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
August 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00192582
Start Date
July 1 2005
End Date
August 1 2007
Last Update
May 22 2007
Active Locations (1)
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Menzies School of Health Research
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 0810