Teaching families to fight psychosis: a new approach
NCT ID NCT05500001
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether teaching families skills to support young adults with psychosis can reduce stress for caregivers and help patients stay stable. About 113 family members will attend 9 weekly classes led by experts. Researchers will measure family burden, patient symptoms, and quality of life over time.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 113 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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17 to 27 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Criteria: * Not proficient in English * 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
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Alberta Hospital Edmonton
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T5J 2J7, Canada
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Grey Nuns Community Hospital
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T6L 5X8, Canada
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Royal Alexandra Hospital
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T5H 3V9, Canada
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University of Alberta Hospital
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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