Understanding Psychological Distress and Therapeutic Environment in the Emergency Department
NCT ID: NCT06655467
Last Updated: 2024-12-12
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
398 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2025-02-03
2025-03-18
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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It has been estimated that the proportion of ED attendances related to "mental health disorders" is 4%. However these estimates are derived from retrospective data and are dependent on accurate diagnosis coding. There is a lack of data on dual diagnoses, which Scotland's Mental Health strategy has outlined as a key area for action, recommending opportunities to "pilot improved arrangements for dual diagnosis for people with problem substance use and mental health diagnosis". A literature review aiming to build a 'Typology' of psychiatric emergency services in the UK emphasised wide variation in provision and heterogeneity of models. No prospective study has yet quantified this variation in terms of waiting times, types of assessment offered, disposition and outcomes. The success of other large observational studies on ED presentations such as syncope, acute aortic syndromes and frailty suggests that a similar methodology could be applied to mental health and related presentations.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Interventions
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Routine Care
This study involves no change in clinical care and no study specific interventions for participants.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Issues of substance use AND/OR
* Psychological distress (this refers to patients without an established mental health or substance use disorder who nonetheless present in a distressed state, where distress is not caused by a readily identifiable and treatable physical condition) AND/OR
* Where the treating ED team feel the patient would benefit from some form of mental health or addictions assessment or intervention, whether carried out by ED staff, specialist services or third sector agencies.
Exclusion Criteria
2. Patients with distress caused by a physical condition, relieved by appropriate treatment.
3. Delirium, unless caused by a mental health- or substance-related disorder.
4. Patients with alcohol intoxication alone, without other evidence of harmful use of alcohol and without evidence of psychological distress.
11 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine
OTHER
NHS Fife
OTHER_GOV
Responsible Party
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Rajendra Raman
Chief Investigator
Locations
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Victoria Hospital
Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Rajendra Raman, MBBChir
Role: primary
References
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European Taskforce on Geriatric Emergency Medicine (ETGEM) collaborators. Prevalence of Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED): an international flash mob study. Eur Geriatr Med. 2024 Apr;15(2):463-470. doi: 10.1007/s41999-023-00926-3. Epub 2024 Feb 10.
McLatchie R, Reed MJ, Freeman N, Parker RA, Wilson S, Goodacre S, Cowan A, Boyle J, Clarke B, Clarke E; DAShED investigators. Diagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndrome in the Emergency Department (DAShED) study: an observational cohort study of people attending the emergency department with symptoms consistent with acute aortic syndrome. Emerg Med J. 2024 Feb 20;41(3):136-144. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2023-213266.
Reed MJ, Karuranga S, Kearns D, Alawiye S, Clarke B, Mockel M, Karamercan M, Janssens K, Riesgo LG, Torrecilla FM, Golea A, Fernandez Cejas JA, Lupan-Muresan EM, Zaimi E, Nuernberger A, Rennet O, Skjaerbaek C, Polyzogopoulou E, Imecz J, Groff P, Camilleri R, Cimpoesu D, Jovic M, Miro O, Anderson R, Laribi S; SEED investigators. Management of syncope in the Emergency Department: a European prospective cohort study (SEED). Eur J Emerg Med. 2024 Apr 1;31(2):136-146. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000001101. Epub 2023 Nov 27.
Odejimi O, Bagchi D, Tadros G. Typology of psychiatric emergency services in the United Kingdom: a narrative literature review. BMC Psychiatry. 2020 Dec 10;20(1):587. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-02983-5.
Scottish Government (2017) Mental Health Strategy: 2017-2027. Crown Copyright. Available at: https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/strategy-plan/2017/03/mental-health-strategy-2017-2027/documents/00516047-pdf/00516047-pdf/govscot%3Adocument/00516047.pdf
Barratt H, Rojas-Garcia A, Clarke K, Moore A, Whittington C, Stockton S, Thomas J, Pilling S, Raine R. Epidemiology of Mental Health Attendances at Emergency Departments: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 27;11(4):e0154449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154449. eCollection 2016.
Baracaia S, McNulty D, Baldwin S, Mytton J, Evison F, Raine R, Giacco D, Hutchings A, Barratt H. Mental health in hospital emergency departments: cross-sectional analysis of attendances in England 2013/2014. Emerg Med J. 2020 Dec;37(12):744-751. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2019-209105. Epub 2020 Nov 5.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine (2022) James Lind Alliance Emergency Medicine Priority Setting Partnership Refresh 2022. Available at: https://rcem.ac.uk/research-priorities/
Digel Vandyk A, Young L, MacPhee C, Gillis K. Exploring the Experiences of Persons Who Frequently Visit the Emergency Department for Mental Health-Related Reasons. Qual Health Res. 2018 Mar;28(4):587-599. doi: 10.1177/1049732317746382. Epub 2017 Dec 12.
Clarke DE, Dusome D, Hughes L. Emergency department from the mental health client's perspective. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2007 Apr;16(2):126-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00455.x.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine (2022) RCEM Acute Insight Series: Mental Health Emergency Care. Available at: https://rcem.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RCEM-Acute-Insight-Series-Mental-Health-Emergency-Care.pdf
Other Identifiers
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24/EM/0245
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id