Peer support for discharge from inpatient to community mental health services
- Conditions
- Mental healthMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10043328
- Lead Sponsor
- St George's, University of London
- Brief Summary
2020 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32150057 protocol (added 10/03/2020) 2021 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34419155/ Intervention development (added 23/08/2021) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35065722/ (added 24/01/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 590
1. Inpatients of adult acute psychiatric wards (acute admission wards and their equivalents as termed locally) with at least one previous psychiatric admission in the preceding two years
2. Aged 18+
3. Assessed by an appropriate member of the ward clinical team as having sufficient capacity to give informed consent to participate in the study
4. Assessed by ward clinical team as likely to be discharged within the next month
5. Given written, witnessed informed consent to participate in the study
1. Diagnosis of organic mental health conditions
2. Primary diagnosis of eating disorders, learning disability, or drug or alcohol dependency
3. Assessed by ward clinical team as lacking sufficient capacity to give informed consent to participate in the study
4. Assessed by ward clinical team as unlikely to be discharged within the next month
5. Assessed by ward clinical team as presenting a current, substantial risk to peer worker
6. Already participants in either arm of the study (having been readmitted during follow-up)
7. Not having given written, witnessed informed consent to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method