Secondary care mental health treatment requirements Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
The SC-MHTR is a complex intervention that may be offered after conviction in a magistrates’ or Crown court to tailor a community or suspended sentence. It involves assessment by probation and health
Sponsors
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients: 1. Adults aged 18 years or over 2. Capacity to consent to participate in the study 3. Recommended for, under, or recently (within 3 months) under an SC-MHTR Carers: 1. Adults aged 18 years or over 2. Capacity to consent to participate in the study 3. Family member or informal caregiver of someone recommended for, under, or recently (within 3 months) under an SC-MHTR Professionals: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. Have working knowledge of how SC-MHTRs operate
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients: 1. Aged 17 years and under 2. Lacking the capacity to provide informed consent to participate 3. Not recommended for, under, or recently (within 3 months) under an SC-MHTR 4. Considered by staff not safe to interview due to their current risk assessment Carers: 1. Aged 17 years and under 2. Lacking the capacity to provide informed consent to participate 3. Not a family member or informal caregiver of someone recommended for, under, or recently (within 3 months) under an SC-MHTR Professionals: 1. Aged 17 years and under 2. Do not have a working knowledge of how SC-MHTRs operate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Views and experience of staff, patients and carers on secondary care MHTRs collected from 01/10/2024 to 31/01/2026. Data will be analysed using a realist approach to thematic analysis and descriptive statistics, using realist methods to develop an Initial Programme Theory to describe how secondary MHTRs work, in what way and for whom. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quantitative analysis of routine health and justice datasets collected from 01/10/2024 to 31/01/2026. Data will be analysed using a realist approach to thematic analysis and descriptive statistics, using realist methods to develop an Initial Programme Theory to describe how secondary MHTRs work, in what way and for whom. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactLouise;Kerry Robinson;Gutridge
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Outcome results
None listed