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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 2 November 2015
Main ID:  NCT00278811
Date of registration: 16/01/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Rochester
Public title: Emergency Linkage to Outpatient Psychiatric Services
Scientific title: Emergency Linkage to Outpatient Psychiatric Services
Date of first enrolment: April 2003
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00278811
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Glenn W. Currier, M.D., M.P.H.
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Affiliation:  University of Rochester
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- English and Spanish-speaking adult patients (18-and above) presenting to the
psychiatric emergency service who rate a "1" or higher on the Spectrum of Suicidal
Behavior of Pfeffer screening scale, and who have outpatient followup organized by
Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program staff through hospital outpatient
psychiatric services are eligible for inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects less than 18 years old, those rated as not suicidal in the emergency
department, subjects with mental retardation/developmental delay, and subjects who
have community psychiatric treatment that they elect to continue in lieu of hospital
outpatient psychiatric services referral are ineligible.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Emergency Services, Psychiatric
Intervention(s)
Procedure: mobile crisis team
Primary Outcome(s)
Subjects randomized to the experimental treatment will demonstrate significantly increased rates of linkage to first outpatient contact as compared with subjects randomized to control treatment. [Time Frame: 1 week]
Secondary Outcome(s)
and will demonstrate significantly higher use of outpatient mental health clinical services, lower use of ED contacts, and lower use of inpatient mental health services versus the control group during the six months after study enrollment. [Time Frame: 3 months]
Subjects randomized to experimental treatment will demonstrate significantly reduced levels of psychiatric symptoms and significantly increased scores of overall functioning at 3 months after study enrollment, [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
09541
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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