Status:

UNKNOWN

Joint Crisis Plans or Crisis Cards for People With Severe Mental Disorders to Reduce Coercion in Psychiatric Care.

Lead Sponsor:

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Collaborating Sponsors:

Federal Ministry of Health, Germany

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Gemeindepsychiatrischer Verbünde e. V.

Conditions:

Schizophrenia

Bipolar Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This randomized clinical trial compares the influence of joint crisis plans (JCP) or crisis cards to reduce psychiatric coercion for people with severe and often recurring mental illnesses like schizo...

Detailed Description

Single open-label randomised clinical trial with parallel control groups. The intervention group "joint crisis plan" benefits from a joint crisis plan in addition to the usual in-patient care. The ac...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • mental capacity to consent the participation in the study
  • principal diagnosis according to criteria in ICD-10 main groups F20-F29 or F30-F39
  • patient is residing in the care area of the clinic OR currently at least 2nd inpatient hospital stay in this clinic OR currently treated in a psychiatric outpatients department of the participating clinic
  • at least one psychiatric hospital stay within the last 24 months in any clinic including the current stay OR patient has a history of coercion (involuntary hospitalization, mechanical restraint, isolation, forced medication) in any clinic including the current stay

Exclusion

  • clinical impression of insufficient cognitive capacity
  • insufficient understanding of the German language
  • planned transfer to involuntary long-term inpatient care or forensic facilities
  • serious somatic or organic brain disorder (dementia e.g.) or more than slight mental retardation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

374 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03240380

Start Date

May 1 2017

End Date

June 30 2019

Last Update

October 26 2017

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Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, Germany, 20246