Severe mental disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Outcome monitoring and management (intervention group) versus outcome monitoring (control group)
Sponsors
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Project Management by the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients at the age of 18 to 65 years admitted to a large psychiatric hospital in rural Bavaria ('Bezirkskrankenhaus Guenzburg')
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Primary diagnosis of substance disorder, organic brain disorder, or dementia; insufficient knowledge of the German language, limited reading and/or writing abilities.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Independent rating of treatment outcome (psychological impairment) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a. Patient and clinician rating of outcome b. Costs for utilisation of health care services (from health insurance files and patient information) c. Patient and clinician satisfaction | — |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed