Herts and Minds: Supporting the emotional wellbeing of looked after children in Hertfordshire

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Mental Health, Primary sub-specialty: Learning disorders; UKCRC code/ Disease: Mental Health/ Unspecified mental disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Mental illness

• Registration Number: ISRCTN90349442
• Lead Sponsor: Anna Freud Centre

Brief Summary

1. 2017 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250962 2. 2019 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31291923 (added 15/07/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-05-06
• Study Completion: 2018-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

Children inclusion criteria:
1. Primary and secondary school age children (aged 5-16)
2. In foster-care (or kinship care) for a minimum of 4 weeks
3. Referred to the targeted CAMHS team in Herts
4. Decision for the child to receive therapy from the CAMHS team, following an initial consult meeting with the professional network
5. With emotional or behavioural problems (based on a score on the SDQ =15)

Carer inclusion criteria:
Foster carers of participating children.

Exclusion Criteria

1. An emergency/crisis referral, where an immediate response to a significant risk is required
2. The referral is specifically for a psychiatric assessment in specialist CAMHS

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified