LEGS Cluster Randomized Trial: Liaison with Education and General Practices to Detect and Refine Referrals of People with At-Risk-Mental-States (ARMS)

Conditions

Topic: Mental Health Research Network, Primary Care Research Network for England

Jesús Pérez, Debra A Russo, Jan Štochl, Gillian F Shelley, Carolyn M Crane et al. (9 authors)

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Interventions

We are going to test whether a simple 'postal' campaign coordinated from an office is more effective and cost-effective than a more elaborate system of personal liaison by a health professional with t

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Liaison phase: 1. PCPs and HEIs in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough areas 2. Signed agreement form from PCPs Partners and HEIs Follow-up phase (at-risk-mental-states' data collection): 3. Patients confirmed as at-risk-mental-states for psychosis after being previously identified by PCPs and/or HEIs 4. Informed consent signed for data collection All: 5. Male and female, aged 16 years or older

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lack of mental capacity to provide informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Yield in terms of ARMS referrals	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison of referral rates	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed