Vocational advisers in mental health teams
Completed
- Conditions
- Severe mental illnessMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN98775322
- Lead Sponsor
- Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Mental health patients who are currently being seen by defined Locality Mental Health Teams (LMHTs) will be screened at Care Programme Approach review meeting and a total of 108 patients will be recruited to allow for an 80% chance of finding a difference of 20% between the groups.
1. Diagnosis of schizophrenia, affective or severe neurotic disorder duration - at least one year
2. No regular paid employment in past year
3. Gives informed consent to participation in study
Exclusion Criteria
1. Primary diagnosis of substance abuse (but not excluding people with dual diagnoses of substance misuse and severe mental illness)
2. Primary diagnosis of organic mental illness (eg dementia)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary endpoint would be a 20% increase in patients in employment in the intervention group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration