Mentalizing Imagery Therapy for Caregivers to Address Risk of Elder Mistreatment

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Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Study ID
NCT07648238
Status
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Conditions

  • Mental Health

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
N/A - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Mentalizing Imagery Therapy — BEHAVIORAL
    MIT is a 4-week, app-delivered behavioral program integrating guided imagery, mindfulness, and perspective-taking practices designed to enhance mentalizing, emotion regulation, and self compassion. MIT is reinforced by weekly 90-minute virtual group sessions
  • Mindfulness Exercises. — BEHAVIORAL
    Mindfulness exercises (ME) is a 4-week, app-delivered program featuring daily self-guided mindfulness practices and reflective exercises aimed at reducing depression and stress.ME is self-guided and does not include group sessions.

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to establish the clinical efficacy of Mentalizing Imagery Therapy (MIT) for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) family caregivers in terms of mentalizing and elder mistreatment (EM) risk factors of stress, depression, and suicidality and to identify the mechanistic impacts of MIT on ADRD family caregivers' mental health,including stress, depression, and suicidality.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 1, 2026
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2027
Completion
Jun 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: 4 weeks of MIT followed by 4 weeks of ME with 2 weeks of washout period in between
  • Experimental: 4 weeks of ME, followed by 4 weeks of MIT with 2 weeks of washout period in between

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in perceived stress as measured by self-reported daily stress [ Time Frame: From Baseline through Week 10 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTexas77030
Wesley Browning, PhD
[email protected]
256.270.5286
Asha Jacob
[email protected]
(713) 500-2187

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