An Assessment of Voluntary Adolescent Mental Health Screening and Referral in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Mental Health

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare the TeenScreen intervention to usual care for adolescents who screen positive for mental health problems in a pediatric emergency department. It is anticipated that adolescents receiving the TeenScreen intervention will be more likely to attend a first session of outpatient mental health services within 60 days of the initial screening than those receiving the usual care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00750412

Run by

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

People needed

112

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2010-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-10-18

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients between 11 and 17 years old
• Medically stable and presenting with a non-psychiatric complaint
• English speaking
• Parent/guardian present for consent
• Insurance coverage by Medicaid
• Hamilton County residents
• Not currently receiving mental health treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 11 years or greater than 17 years old
• Parent/guardian not present at time of visit
• Medically unstable
• Non-English speaking
• Insurance other than Medicaid
• Presenting complaint is a mental health problem
• Currently receiving mental health treatment

Where it is running

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Emergency Medicine — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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