Enhancing Cognitive Reserve of the Offsprings of Bipolar and Schizophrenic Patients
Bipolar and Related Disorders
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Bipolar and Related Disorders focused on measuring bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, offsprings
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria (Off-spring of patients) Inclusion criteria (Offsprings)
- Children, adolescents or young adults of both genders aged from 6 to 25, with the father and / or mother with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder according to DSM-IV criteria.
- Informed consent signed by their parents or legal guardians by adolescents if they are under 12 years old.
Inclusion criteria (Controls)
- Children, adolescents or young adults of both genders between the ages of 6 and 25 years.
- No history of psychotic disorder or bipolar disorder in first and second degree relatives.
- Consent signed by the parents or legal guardians if they are under 12 years old.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Mental retardation with impaired functioning and presence of neurological disorder or history of traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness.
Sites / Locations
- Hospital ClinicRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Enhancing cognitive reserve intervention
Supportive Intervention
This intervention focuses in the improvement of academic skills, the increase of leisure activities and the improvement of neurocognitive functions with the ultimate goal of improving daily functioning. This intervention is based on ecological tasks that will be carried out in two areas, both in the hospital and at home. Most of the techniques are based on: pencil and paper tasks, with audiovisual and virtual reality support, telephone applications and group activities. The groups will be made with parents and children, adolescents and young adults separately being the content of the sessions the same but adapted to the age of the attendees.
The participants will not receive any structured intervention focused to enhance cognitive reserve. The therapists will adopt a client-centred focus, meaning that whatever problems the patient presents will be dealt with by providing emotional support and general advise.