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Children of Mentally Ill Parents-Network - CHIMPS-NET
Sponsor: Silke Wiegand-Grefe, Prof. Dr.
Summary
In order to identify psychological stress in children and adolescents of mentally ill parents as early as possible, four special intervention programs (CHIMPS-therapy, CHIMPS-Prevention-single, CHIMPS-MFT-group, iCHIMPS) have been developed. These four intervention programs are based on the initial medical situation, indication and need of the families. Thereby, an individually tailored counseling service will be provided. With this current project, the four counseling approaches will be tested at 19 study sites in 12 federal states in Germany. Moreover, the interventions long-term efficacy will be evaluated.
Official title: Cross-sector Care for Children and Adolescents With Mentally Ill and Addicted Parents - Children of Mentally Ill Parents -Network - CHIMPS-NET
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
3 Years - 18 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
406
Start Date
2020-01-01
Completion Date
2023-12-31
Last Updated
2026-08-03
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
CHIMPS-T
CHIMPS-T (Children of mentally ill parents) is a family-oriented lowfrequency brief therapy for diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders in children and adolescents.
CHIMPS-P
CHIMPS-P is a family-oriented prevention for children and adolescents without signs of mental disorders in the initial screening. These families will receive the 3 family sessions from the modular CHIMPS intervention.
CHIMPS-MFT-group
The CHIMPS-MFT-group is a prevention with a multi-family setting based on the CHIMPS approach. The multi-family intervention comprises 8 sessions for children and adolescents without psychiatric disorders and their families.
iCHIMPS
iCHIMPS is an online intervention. In terms of content, iCHIMPS is based on the CHIMPS program as well as on other evidence-based interventions of the study group. iCHIMPS will also be comprised of one module for children and adolescents as well as one module for parents; moreover; modules for the family system will be included.
Locations (1)
University Medical Center Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany