Benefits Management for People With Psychiatric Disabilities

This stage 1 clinical trial will determine pilot efficacy, develop a therapy manual, and collect qualitative data concerning a brief money management intervention for people disabled by psychiatric illnesses.

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Key information

Conditions

Dual Diagnosis Bipolar Disorder Bipolar and Related Disorders Mental Disorders Mood Disorders Schizophrenia Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

Institute of Living

Hartford, Connecticut, 06102, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Has received treatment for a psychiatric disorder within 60 days of enrollment
Receives SSI or SSDI payments totaling at least $600 per month
Has an identified outpatient clinician
Either i) Homeless within the past 3 months. Homeless is defined as having spent at least seven days in a shelter, outdoors (e.g. in a park, in a car), in a public or abandoned building (e.g. train station), or temporarily (less than a continuous month) housed by family or friends OR ii) Hospitalized within the past 3 months

Justification for Inclusion Criteria: Homelessness and hospitalization are common reasons for payee assignment (Conrad, Matters et al. 1998). In a prior study, we found that a high proportion of hospitalized inpatients meet criteria for needing a payee (Rosen, Rosenheck et al. 2002a). There is no point enrolling clinically stable outpatients in this study because they are unlikely to need payees.

Exclusion criteria

Already has a conservator or representative payee
An application to assign a payee or conservator has been initiated
Unable to speak and understand English

Treatment and study plan

Benefits Management

Behavioral

Money-management intervention consisting of brief advice on budgeting, assessment of ability to follow a budget, and assessment of need for a representative payee.

Illness Management and Recovery

Behavioral

Recovery Oriented Training in Biopsychosocial Model of Stress and How to Cope with Stress

Primary outcomes

Change in the Summed score on the Heinrich-Carpenter Quality of Life Measure

Time frame: Change from Week 0 to Week 24

The Heinrich-Carpenter Quality of Life score is derived by summing ratings of individual items after a semi-structured interview. The possible score on any given interview is 0-126. It is a global measure of social functioning with higher scores indicating better functioning.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yale University

Other

Collaborators

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2013
First posted: Apr 5, 2011
Registry last updated: Mar 30, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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