Psychiatric disorder requiring hospitalisation Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Adult patients (over 18 years of age) who have spent time on an acute mental health ward in a psychiatric hospital in Leicester will be invited to participate in the study.
Phase 1 of
Sponsors
University of Leicester
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 18 to 65 years of age (on the date of psychiatric hospital admission) 2. Being or having been a psychiatric inpatient on an acute mental health ward 3. Understand written and/or verbal English
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Clinical diagnosis of dementia 2. Patients lacking capacity will be excluded if they become distressed by the assessment process (at any point) or if their guardians are not in agreement with them remaining in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measure for the study will be the absence or presence of meeting internationally agreed diagnostic criteria (ICD-10-DCR and DSM-5) for ASD. This will be after Phase 2 clinical assessments have been completed (i.e. Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule and the Autism questions for the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry version 3), at which point the assessing member of the research team will establish whether the participant meets the diagnostic criteria through the use of ICD-10-DCR and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria checklists. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Extent of other mental and physical health conditions in adults in who meet diagnostic criteria for autism, compared with those who do not meet such criteria (this information will be obtained from data obtained on the standardized Phase 2 interviews regarding physical and mental comorbidity). | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed