This project will introduce a self-help parent training programme for families on National Health Service (NHS) waiting lists for child mental health services. It will examine whether access to treatment can be increased by providing an intervention that requires fewer resources and by releasing clinician time for more serious cases. This intervention will be tested in a randomised, controlled trial in which 35 subjects will receive treatment immediately and 35 will receive treatment after waiting for 10 weeks. All families will also complete questionnaires before and after the 10 week study period in order to measure changes in child behaviour, parenting, and parental mental health. Cost-effectiveness of this programme will also be analysed. Intention-to-treat analyses will be conducted.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
10-week self-help workbook and videos
West Berkshire PCT
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGWycombe CAMHS
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGSue Nicholls Centre
Aylesbury, Bucks, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGEyberg Child Behavior Inventory
Time frame: 6 months
Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory
Time frame: 10 weeks
Parent Daily Report
Time frame: 6 months
Depression-Anxiety Stress Scale
Time frame: 10 weeks
Parent Sense of Competence Scale
Time frame: 10 weeks
Parenting Scale
Time frame: 10 weeks
Dyadic Adjustment Scale
Time frame: 10 weeks
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Time frame: 10 weeks
Therapy Attitude Inventory
Time frame: 10 weeks
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