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Peer support for discharge from inpatient to community mental health services

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Mental health
Mental 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
Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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
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