NCT04843163

Examining the Impact of a Peer-Provided Psychoeducational Program for Parents: NAMI Basics

Completed NA Last updated 13 April 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing NAMI Basics in Mental Disorder, Child in 137 participants. Completed in 10 February 2020.

Timeline

6 December 2017

Primary endpoint
10 February 2020

10 February 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Texas at Austin
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	137
Start date	6 December 2017
Primary completion	10 February 2020
Estimated completion	10 February 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• NAMI Basics

Conditions studied

• Mental Disorder, Child — all drugs for Mental Disorder, Child →

Sponsor

University of Texas at Austin

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Mental Disorder, Child. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will evaluate a peer service program for caregivers of youth struggling with mental illness using a program developed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) called NAMI Basics. This peer service program for caregivers was adapted from their successful and empirically supported model for caregivers of adult children with mental illness (Family-to-Family). The child-focused intervention, NAMI Basics, is a six-class curriculum focused on increasing caregiver knowledge about mental illness, empowering parents to advocate for their children across service systems, and introducing skills that assist in family problem-solving and communication.

The current study is a randomized effectiveness trial of NAMI Basics. Caregivers who are parenting youth with a mental illness (N = 175) referred to the NAMI Basics program through natural referral routes will be given the option to participate in the study, and if interested, randomly assigned to either an immediate NAMI Basics classes (Wave A) or an 8-week delay condition (Wave B), followed by initiation of the NAMI Basics class.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The outcast of medicine: metals in medicine--from traditional mineral medicine to metallodrugs.
   Bai D, Nowak M, Lu D, Wang Q, et al · · 2025 · cited 2× · PMID 40260378 · DOI 10.3389/fphar.2025.1542560