Critical Time Intervention in the Transition From Hospital to Community in People With Severe Mental Illness

NCT ID: NCT00621465

Last Updated: 2011-12-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-04-30

Study Completion Date

2007-10-31

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate the effectiveness of a psychosocial treatment, Critical Time Intervention, in easing the transition from hospital to community in people with severe mental disorders.

Detailed Description

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Severe mental illness (SMI) encompasses a wide range of mental disorders and disabilities, but commonly includes disorders that involve symptoms of psychosis. Psychotic symptoms may involve hallucinations, a lost sense of reality, or other distressing symptoms. About 6% of people experiencing psychotic symptoms seek inpatient treatment at a psychiatric hospital. Hospital treatment for a person with SMI often focuses on rapid improvement of negative symptoms and promotion of the necessary skills to successfully return to the community after leaving the hospital. Despite preparation for community integration, the transition from hospital to community remains a difficult time for many people with SMIs, with those affected having an increased chance for suicide, homelessness, and relapse. Critical Time Intervention (CTI), a psychosocial treatment program that aims to restore skills for community living and to assist in seeking service and support in the community, may be more effective than usual care in preventing these adverse outcomes after hospital discharge. This study will compare the effectiveness of CTI versus usual services in preventing homelessness and other adverse outcomes after leaving a psychiatric hospital among people with SMI and psychosis.

Participation in this study will last 18 months. Potential participants will undergo an initial 15- to 30-minute interview that will include questions about current mental, physical, and living conditions; history of psychiatric services; and alcohol and drug use. Eligible participants will then undergo the first full interview, which will include a full review of medical records and will last between 2 and 3 hours. After this interview, participants will be assigned randomly to receive CTI or usual services. For participants assigned to CTI, a CTI specialist will visit participants in the hospital and in their homes and will stay in contact with participants for 9 months after hospital discharge. During visits with the CTI specialist, participants will receive training in community living skills and help finding service and support in the community. Participants assigned to usual services will receive the usual care and community services offered to people recently leaving a psychiatric hospital.

After leaving the hospital, participants in both groups will be asked to participate in 15 follow-up interviews, which will include repeat questions from the 2 initial interviews. Interviews will be conducted once every 6 weeks until 18 months after hospital discharge and will last between 60 and 90 minutes.

Conditions

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Psychotic Disorders

Keywords

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Psychosis Homelessness Case Management Severe Mental Illness

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Participants will receive standard aftercare and community care services.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care will include the standard aftercare and community care services.

2

Participants will receive usual care and the Critical Time Intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Critical Time Intervention (CTI)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CTI is designed specifically to enhance the continuity and focus of care during the transition from psychiatric hospital to community care. CTI does not replace community treatment and support, but instead is meant to complement available services. CTI will provide training in community living skills and in team-managed transfer of caregiving from hospitals to services and supports in the community. Participants will receive CTI for 9 months after hospital discharge.

Usual care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care will include the standard aftercare and community care services.

Interventions

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Critical Time Intervention (CTI)

CTI is designed specifically to enhance the continuity and focus of care during the transition from psychiatric hospital to community care. CTI does not replace community treatment and support, but instead is meant to complement available services. CTI will provide training in community living skills and in team-managed transfer of caregiving from hospitals to services and supports in the community. Participants will receive CTI for 9 months after hospital discharge.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Usual care will include the standard aftercare and community care services.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of psychosis
* Homelessness during the 18 months before study entry
* English speaking
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

59 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

New York State Psychiatric Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Daniel Herman, DSW

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NYS Psychiatric Institute

Locations

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Rockland Psychiatric Center

Orangeburg, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Herman D, Conover S, Felix A, Nakagawa A, Mills D. Critical Time Intervention: an empirically supported model for preventing homelessness in high risk groups. J Prim Prev. 2007 Jul;28(3-4):295-312. doi: 10.1007/s10935-007-0099-3. Epub 2007 Jun 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17541827 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01MH059716

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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DSIR SE-MS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

R01 MH059716,#4640R

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id