Status:

COMPLETED

Adolescents' Well-being in Community-based Treatment Versus Residential Treatment

Lead Sponsor:

Outcome Referrals, Inc.

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Duke Endowment

Children's Hope Alliance

Conditions:

Adolescent Well-Being

Mental Disorders, Severe

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-18 years

Brief Summary

This is a quasi-experimental longitudinal study to compare the outcomes of youth in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) compared to youth in the at-home Child-Focused Assertive Community...

Detailed Description

Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) care is expensive, removes adolescents from their communities, and is not necessarily effective. Managed care organizations (MCO) are exploring other ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Between the ages 12 and 18
  • Has primary mental health diagnosis
  • Admitted for treatment in a participating program (i.e., Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) or Child ACTT)
  • A trained ORI staff member determines that the youth is able to understand and sign an assent for participation
  • Documentation of the youth's assent to participate in the study
  • A legal guardian provides consent for the youth to participate in the study

Exclusion

  • The client is not admitted to treatment in a participating program
  • The client has dropped out of this study during a previous treatment episode
  • Client does not initiate treatment

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 4 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 20 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

124 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06498427

Start Date

January 4 2022

End Date

June 20 2025

Last Update

July 16 2025

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Outcome Referrals, Inc.

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States, 01701