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Being Young : My Mental Health

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Mental Health Issue
Mental Disorder
Registration Number
NCT05886595
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier St Anne
Brief Summary

The goal of this prospective cohort study is to study the evolution of adolescent and young people's mental health over a 12-month period after presentation to an emergency department or crisis service for an acute psychiatric episode.

This study aims to:

* Describe the mental health care trajectories of adolescents and young adults after an acute psychiatric episode.

* Identify psychiatric disorders (such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, sleep, etc.) at the different time points of the study (at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after inclusion) ;

* Assess the quality of life and functional capacity in daily activities of participants at each study time point ;

* Determine the socio-demographic, psychosocial and environmental factors associated with improving mental health over time and with mental health help seeking.

Patients aged from 10 to 24, presenting to one of the participating centers for an acute psychiatric episode, and who agree to participate, will be included in the study. Participants will have to complete an online questionnaire every 3 months over a 12-month period (at baseline (T0), at 3 months (T3), at 6 months (T6), at 9 month (T9) and at 12 months (T12))

Detailed Description

Recruitment process

A poster campaign will be carry out in all study locations. Patients aged between 10 and 25 visiting one of the study location will be invited to participate in the study. The clinical research associates will visit all study location on a weekly basis in order to present the study to eligible patients.

After checking the inclusion criteria, the clinical research associate will call eligible patients (or their legal representative for patients under 18) to present the study, the implications related to study participation, and obtain their oral consent. Patients who were willing to participate in the study will be automatically identify by a number.

Follow-up :

Patients will have to complete an online questionnaire at different time of the study: at baseline, at 3 months, at 6 months, at 9 months and at 12 months. For the participants aged under 18, the questionnaire will have to complete by or with the help of the parental representative.

Investigators will collect socio-demographic, clinical data related to the acute psychiatric episode, and health care pathway over time. Mental health assessments will be based on standardized questionnaires.

Clinical research associates will send an email to all participants to complete the initial questionnaire (at baseline). Then, they will coordinate patient follow-up, and will send automatic reminder through email at the different times of the study :at 3 months (M3), 6 months (M6), 9 months (M9) and 12 months (M12) to complete the follow-up questionnaires online. Patients will be awarded a gift voucher worth €10 after each completed questionnaire.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
400
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)Month 12

brief emotional and behavioural screening questionnaire for children and young people at month 12 Minimal value : From Not True Maximum value : Certainly True

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)Month 12

Measuring tool for anxiety and depression in a general medical population of patients at month 12 0-7 = Normal, 8-10 =Borderline abnormal (borderline case), 11-21 = Abnormal(case)

Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ)month 12

Self report questionnaire to identify risk factors for suicide in adolescents and adults at month 12 scale from 0= I never had this thought to 6= Almost everyday

Patient healthcare trajectorymonth 12

Questionnaire on the type of health care professional, the mental health care services visited,the frequency of medical appointments, the health events (hospitalization, emergency unit, suicide attempt) at month 12

sociodemographic , environmental and psycho social factorsbaseline

socio-demographic variables questionnaire (age, sex, education, household, employment or schooling, income, health insurance, medical history, psychiatric history if any) at baseline

Addictive disordersmonth 12

Questionnaire on alcohol and psychoactive substances consumption at month 12

Sleep disordersmonth 12

questionnaire on difficulties affecting children and adults' sleep patterns at month 12

Quality of Life, Enjoyment, and Satisfaction Questionnaire- (Q-LES-Q)month 12

self-report measure designed to obtain sensitive measures of the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction experienced in various areas of daily functioning in adults at month 12 5-point scale from 1 (Very Poor) to 5 (Very Good)

Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)month 12

Screening tool to identify individuals that require further mental health/suicide safety assessment at month 12 Yes or No scale If patient answers "No" to all questions 1 through 4, screening is complete (not necessary to ask question #5) If patient answers "Yes" to any of questions or refuses to answer, they are considered a positive screen.

Pediatric Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (P-Q-LES-Q)month 12

self-report measure designed to obtain sensitive measures of the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction experienced in various areas of daily functioning in children at month 12 5-point scale from 1 (Very Poor) to 5 (Very Good)

social relation, social integration and social supportmonth 12

questionnaire on difficulties related to social relation, social integration and social support affecting children and adult' mental health at month 12

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

CIAPA (Inpatient unit for Adolescents)

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Paris, Île-de-France, France

Pediatric Emergency Department - Necker Hospital

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Paris, Île-de-France, France

Pediatric Emergency Department - Robert Debré Hospital

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Paris, Île-de-France, France

Pediatric Emergency Department - Armand Trousseau Hospital

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Paris, Île-de-France, France

ATRAP (Acute unit for child outpatients)

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Paris, Île-de-France, France

C.P.O.A (Psychiatric Emergency Department)

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Paris, Île-de-France, France

Adult Emergency Department - Bichât Hospital

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Paris, Île-de-France, France

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