Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Implementation and Evaluation of a Family-based Intervention Program for Children and Adolescents of Mentally Ill Parents - a Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial
Brief Summary: In order to identify psychological stress in children and adolescents of mentally ill parents as early as possible, a special intervention program (CHIMPs = Children of mentally ill parents) was developed. The study at hand will implement this intervention program at five sites in Germany and will further evaluate its effectiveness. The CHIMPs intervention is assumed to reduce children's psychopathology and enhance their health related quality of life.