Caring for a young person who has a mental illness can be difficult and confusing. The Family Connections program was created to help family members of people with borderline personality disorder live better lives. It provides them with information and research on mental health and family functioning, coping skills, family skills and social support. Until now, there has been no research on the effects of this program on family members of people with other types of mental health challenges.
Researchers conducted a study to evaluate the change over time for caregivers of teens with mental health challenges who were enrolled in a Family Connections intervention in Toronto, Ottawa or Thunder Bay. To find out about the results, read this Research Snapshot.
Research Snapshots are plain-language summaries of peer-reviewed research papers.