Learning Through Play Plus for Psychosis
Evidence reports that parents with schizophrenia are particularly vulnerable to parenting difficulties and also experience problems in sensitively interacting with their children. This may cause insecure attachment in infants of mothers with psychosis. Children of parents with schizophrenia have poor developmental and clinical outcomes. However, there is no published trial, to the best of our knowledge, for children of parents with schizophrenia. Learning through Play (LTP) is a potentially low cost intervention to improve maternal mental health and child outcomes by promoting health child development. The proposed study will integrate LTP with existing culturally appropriate Cognitive Behaviour Theray (CBT) for psychosis (CaCBT-p) and test its feasibility and acceptability for parents with schizophrenia.
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-V (DSM-V) diagnosed first episode psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, psychosis not otherwise specified or schizophreniform disorder. Parents (Mother or Father), age 18 year and above Parents (Mother or Father) having a child from birth to 36 months Parents (Mother or Father) living within the catchment area of recruitment site. Competent and willing to give informed consent Parents (Mother or Father) are stable on medication for at least 3 months prior to the intervention.  Exclusion Criteria:  Violation of any inclusion criteria Failure to perform screening or baseline examinations. Patients who will meet the criteria for a DSM-V diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse (other than for nicotine) within the last month or the criteria for DSM-V alcohol or substance dependence (other than for nicotine) within the last 6 months Temporary resident unlikely to be available for follow up. - HealthyVolunteers: No - Gender: All - MinimumAge: 18 Years - StdAgeList: Adult, Older Adult