Using Telehealth to Improve Psychiatric Symptom Management
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Mental Disorders
In brief
The overarching aim of this study is to evaluate whether telehealth leads to better mental health outcomes and decreased use of acute and crisis-based mental health care services by randomly assigning 300 people with serious mental illness (SMI) and psychiatric instability receiving services at 1 of 2 community mental health centers (CMHCs), each of which offers integrated behavioral and primary health care, to either Health Home Usual Care alone or telehealth plus Health Home Usual Care for 12 months, with assessments at baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02710344
- Run by
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- People needed
- 303
- Starts
- 2015-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2020-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-11-24
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18 years of age or older;
- Chart DSM-V Axis I diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, or major depression and meet criteria for serious mental illness;
- Enrolled in treatment at site for at least 3 months;
- Psychiatric instability as indicated by 2 or more emergency room visits or hospitalizations in the past year, or multiple calls to the psychiatric crisis line within 3 months (10 or more);
- Expressed willingness to participate in a telehealth program;
- Must be able to read English.
You may not qualify if…
- Currently residing in a nursing home or group home;
- Terminal physical illness which is expected to result in death within one year;
- Primary diagnosis of dementia, co-morbid diagnosis of dementia, or significant cognitive impairment as indicated by a Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score <24.
Where it is running
- Greater Nashua Mental Health Center — Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
- The Providence Center — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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