Enhancing Referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: EnCAMHS

NCT ID: NCT05412368

Last Updated: 2024-02-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-11-01

Study Completion Date

2023-06-30

Brief Summary

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Our aim is to find low-cost and widely reusable mechanisms to reduce inappropriate referrals. Our key objectives are:

Engage with key stakeholders to identify problems with making appropriate referrals Analyse CAMHS referral data to understand and identify problems (quantitatively) Identify requirements for sustainable solutions Explore with key stakeholders how we can improve the referral process Identify how the best proposed solutions could be embedded within routine CAMHS referral pathways

Detailed Description

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The Investigators shall conduct a series of focus groups with key stakeholders involved in the referral to CAMHS process; children and young people (CYP), parents/carers, key referrers, CAMHS professionals in order to better understand the challenges that exist with the current referral process. Following this, the Investigators will conduct further focus groups with the key stakeholders above, in which they will suggest sustainable solutions to the problems that have been identified.

The Investigators shall then identify how the propose solutions can be embedded into routine CAMHS referral pathways.

Conditions

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Mental Health Issue

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Children and young people (CYP)

Children and young people who have been referred to CAMHS

Focus Groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Focus Groups

Parents/carers

Parents/carers of CYP who have been referred to CAMHS

Focus Groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Focus Groups

Key referrers

Key referrers (e.g. Teachers, GPs, SENCOs, Social Workers) who have referred CYP to CAMHS

Focus Groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Focus Groups

CAMHS Professionals

CAMHS Professionals who have received referrals to CAMHS

Focus Groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Focus Groups

Interventions

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Focus Groups

Focus Groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 16 years and above
* have experience of CAMHS referral pathway

Exclusion Criteria

* younger than 16 years
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Manchester

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

MQ Mental Health

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

McPin Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

42nd Street

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kathryn Abel

Professor Kathryn Abel

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Manchester

Manchester, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Abel KM, Whelan P, Carter LA, Tranter H, Stockton-Powdrell C, Gutridge K, Hassan L, Elvins R, Edbrooke-Childs J. Enhancing referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: the EN-CAMHS mixed-methods study. Health Soc Care Deliv Res. 2025 Jun;13(21):1-59. doi: 10.3310/GYDW4507.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40521776 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NIHR131379

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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