Australian Integrated Mental Health Initiative

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic or Recurring Mental Disorders; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12605000531617
• Lead Sponsor: Professor David Kavanagh (& Rural Stream)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2005-09-27
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1000

Inclusion Criteria

Each stream have specific inclusion and exclusion criteria for recruitment of both patients and professionals (clinician, practitioners and mental health service provider). (i) High Support: clinician recruitment -a total of 140 clinicians working with people with CRMD will be recruited and randomly allocated to immediate or delayed interventions. Eligibility requires that they are working actively with at least 3 patients who meet patient eligibility; patient recruitment - 840 patients will be randomly allocated from caseload in each condition. Patients are to be: 18 years or over; diagnosis of psychotic disorder or at least 6 months duration.
inclusion of patients with comorbid substance misuse or personality disorders is allowed; high support needs on the CANSAS scale. (ii) Rural Stream: Participants include 6 groups: (60) GPs in Qld;(approx 70) mental health staff in participating towns (4 pairs of rural centres) to receive immediate or delayed interventions; cross sectional patients (minimum of 10 with CRMD from each GP and a minimum of 20 patients surveyed from each GP (all are sampled from the waiting rooms of all participating GPs); Longitudinal patient sample: 240 patients to be recruited from GP and Mental Health Services. Adults with a history of treatment by antidepressants, mood stabilisers, antipsychotics with an DSM-IV disorder with at least 6 months duration; comorbidity will not result in exclusion.
A community sample will be recruited from each town (50 surveys per town at each assessment) Focus groups: participants will be adults with CRMD and carers; key community representatives, GPs and mental health staff (6-10 in each group, 1 group of each type in each town) . (iii) Indigenous people in remote communities for Far North Queensland (from approx total population 15000) and Top End of the Northern Territory (from approx total population of 25,000) suffering from chronic and relapsing mental illness and their families. It will utilise existing primary care and specialist mental health consultancy services and build on a set of existing initiatives across two service settings.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion of patients with dementia, moderate or severe mental retardation, brain injury;
Patients with dementia and severe mental retardation or brain injury will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified