ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2021
Evaluating the effectiveness of the Family Connections program for caregivers of youth with mental health challenges, part I: A quantitative analysis.
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- Family Connections: The Impact of an Education Program for Carers of Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder in Italian Mental Health Services.Family process · 2025Trial
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- Exploring the needs of family caregivers of people living with mental illness: a qualitative study in Lobatse, Botswana.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Profiles of caregiver burden among adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Group intervention for family members of people with borderline personality disorder based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Implementation of the Family Connections® program in France and Switzerland.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
- The lived experience of French parents concerning the diagnosis of their children with borderline personality disorder.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2024Article
- Health through the eyes of youths: a qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Parent and Carer Skills Groups in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for High-Risk Adolescents with Severe Emotion Dysregulation: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Participants' Outcomes and Experiences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- Perspectives of parents of adolescents with repeated non-suicidal self-injury on sharing their caretaking experiences with peers: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Family connections vs treatment at usual optimized in the treatment of relatives of people with suicidal behavior disorder: study protocol of a randomized control trial.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the Family Connections program for caregivers of youth with mental health challenges, part I: A quantitative analysis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
- Evaluating the effectiveness of the Family Connections program for caregivers of youth with mental health challenges, part II: A qualitative analysis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
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introductionCaregivers of youth with mental health (MH) challenges are often faced with complex problems in relation to caring for their youth. Family Connections™ (FC) is a 12-week skills training program for families of individuals with MH challenges, developed originally for Borderline Personality Disorder. Research is needed to examine the effectiveness of FC for caregivers of youth with diverse MH challenges.
objectiveTo examine the effectiveness of FC for caregivers of youth with MH challenges.
methodsA total of 94 caregivers of youth with MH challenges participated in FC, across three sites in Ontario, Canada. Assessments occurred at baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks and follow-up. Primary outcomes include the Burden Assessment Scale and The Stress Index for Parents of Adolescents. Secondary outcomes included the caregiver's report of child behaviour, affect, mastery, coping and grief. Linear mixed model analyses were conducted, where time and the time × site interaction were defined as the fixed effects.
resultsStatistically significant improvements over time were observed across outcome measures, including caregiver burden, grief, coping, and other measures. The time × site interaction was only significant for burden (P = .005).
conclusionThis study demonstrates the effectiveness of FC for caregivers of youth with MH challenges. Future research should focus on differences across geographical sites and facilitation models. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Caregivers were involved in the facilitation of FC. A person with lived experience was involved in analysing the data, reporting the results, and drafting the manuscript.
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