Status:
COMPLETED
What Can be Learnt From a Pilot Project Offering Brief Therapeutic Work to Parents and Infants in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service?
Lead Sponsor:
University of East London
Conditions:
Infant Mental Health
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 5 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Can a method of working therapeutically with parents and children (under the age of five) be made use of in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health team, in which this kind of work does not regularly tak...
Detailed Description
The primary aim of this research is to trial an under-fives' service, in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) team which has not offered this kind of work specifically before. The proj...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The participants in this trial were children under the age of five years old, who had been referred to the CAMHS clinic.
- The child could have been experiencing a range of difficulties, including issues with sleeping, feeding or attachment, which were having an impact on their, or their families, functioning and wellbeing.
- The work involved working with the referred child and their parent(s) or carers
Exclusion
- Families involved in court proceedings
- Families where there were safeguarding concerns
- Families currently experiencing domestic violence
- Families for whom severe parental mental health difficulties were indicated at the point of referral.
- Families who were already been accessing mental health support
- If the child had severe developmental difficulties and would require a specialist service
- Families requiring an interpreter in order to participate, I would have been unable to involve them, owing to the level of complexity this would have added in terms of the communication.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 30 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 30 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
5 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04273698
Start Date
April 30 2018
End Date
October 30 2018
Last Update
February 18 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Shelley Clinic, CAMHS team, Dorset NHS
Bournemouth, United Kingdom, BH1 4LB