Skills for Talking About Cannabis for Families of Young Adults With Psychosis

The objectives of this research is to (1) create a family intervention and provider manual to train family members of young people with psychosis (YP-P) who are heavy cannabis users new communication skills to motivate change in the YP-P's cannabis use, (2) pre-test the intervention with 10 family member participants and adapt the intervention based on their recommendations, and (3) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention in a randomized pilot trial (n=40). The investigators anticipate that the intervention will improve family participants' communication skills, decrease expressed emotion and caregiver burden. The investigators anticipate that improvements in communication skills, expressed emotion and caregiver burden will lead to decreases in the cannabis use of their YP-P.

NCT Number	NCT06961877
Lead Sponsor	University of Washington Collaborators: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Conditions	Caregiver Burden, Cannabis Use, Expressed Emotion, Communications Skills
Enrollment	40 participants
Start Date	2025-10-31
Primary Completion	2027-02 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-07 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-09-11