Evaluation of a Collaborative Mental Health Care System

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

478 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-03-03

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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In the absence of easy access to second-line ambulatory care, the number of 'inappropriate' psychiatric emergency visits is increasing, with emergency departments becoming the gateway to mental health care.

This is the context in which the 'med@psy' system was set up in the Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean metropolitan area by a private psychiatrist. It facilitates access to psychiatric second referral for General Practitioners (GPs) by pooling the 48-hour supply of psychiatric consultations in real time. It is assumed that this system will facilitate access to outpatient psychiatric care and help to optimize the organisation of patient care and follow-up. The aim of this study is to evaluate the med@psy system in the care pathway for patients with psychiatric disorders.

This study main objective is to compare the proportion of patients with a psychiatric disorder who will receive outpatient follow-up 1 month after a visit to a psychiatric emergency department without hospitalization (Group 1) versus 1 month after a consultation with a psychiatrist within 48 hours via the med@psy system (Group 2).

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Detailed Description

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General practitioners (GPs) are the gateway to the healthcare system and therefore the first point of contact for mental health. A significant proportion of psychiatric disorders can be treated in primary care if GPs have easy access to psychiatric support. However, they are faced with difficulties in accessing secondary care. Around 9/10 consider that it is more difficult to obtain specialist advice than for other disciplines, and say they have difficulty referring a patient for mental health care.

In the absence of easy access to second-line ambulatory care, the number of 'inappropriate' psychiatric emergency visits is increasing, with emergency departments becoming the gateway to mental health care. It is recognized that the deployment of earlier and more graduated care reduces the intensity of disorders, prescriptions for time off work and psychotropic drugs, and hospitalizations.

A new, more preventive, efficient and cost-effective approach to mental health is emerging, with psychiatrists working closely with GPs. This is the context in which the 'med@psy' system was set up in the Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean metropolitan area by a private psychiatrist. It facilitates access to psychiatric second referral for GPs by pooling the 48-hour supply of psychiatric consultations in real time. We assume that this system will facilitate access to outpatient psychiatric care and help to optimize the organisation of patient care and follow-up. The aim of this study is to evaluate the med@psy system in the care pathway for patients with psychiatric disorders.

This study main objective is to compare the proportion of patients with a psychiatric disorder who will received outpatient follow-up 1 month after a visit to a psychiatric emergency department without hospitalization (Group 1) versus 1 month after a consultation with a psychiatrist within 48 hours via the med@psy system (Group 2).

Conditions

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Psychiatric Adults Patients

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Emergency

Adult patients presenting to the emergency department of the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer, whether or not referred by their general practitioner.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Clinical assessment by emergency psychiatrist

Intervention Type OTHER

After a clinical assessment by the emergency department psychiatrist which does not lead to hospitalization, the patient will be given a psychiatric interview and sent home.

Med@Psy Platform

Adult patients referred by their general practioner for a psychiatric consultation via the med@psy system.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Psychiatric consultation booked through Med@Psy platform

Intervention Type OTHER

The patient will be seen within 48 hours after the consultation with his or her general practitioner by a psychiatrist taking part in the study.

Interventions

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Clinical assessment by emergency psychiatrist

After a clinical assessment by the emergency department psychiatrist which does not lead to hospitalization, the patient will be given a psychiatric interview and sent home.

Intervention Type OTHER

Psychiatric consultation booked through Med@Psy platform

The patient will be seen within 48 hours after the consultation with his or her general practitioner by a psychiatrist taking part in the study.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient ≥ 18 years ;
* Patient presenting to the Centre hospitalier de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer emergency department, with or without referral, and receiving psychiatric advice with discharge without hospitalization after clinical assessment (Group 1) or patients referred for psychiatric consultation via the Med@psy system (Group 2).
* Patient with indication for outpatient follow-up
* Patient with open social security rights

Exclusion Criteria

* Patient's refusal to take part in research ;
* Patient currently being followed by a psychiatrist. Psychiatric follow-up is defined as at least one consultation with a psychiatrist in the last 3 months, outside an unscheduled care consultation or in an emergency department;
* Patients referred for a suicide attempt, violent or non-violent, serious or non-serious;
* Patients without a declared general practioner;
* Patients already included in the study;
* Patients who do not speak French;
* Patients under judicial protection (guardianship, curatorship, etc.) or safeguard of justice;
* Patient under compulsory care, under a care order or deprived of liberty.
* Any other reason which, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No