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Basic Information
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ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
374 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2025-09-29
2027-03-31
Brief Summary
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South London and Maudsley is currently implementing ACDs into routine practice across its services and the Advance Choice Document Implementation (ACDI) project, run by researchers at King's College London, is supporting the development of related resources and the evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation. Advisory groups will also guide the study approach throughout.
The project comprises four work packages. Work Package 1 involves focus groups with stakeholders (service users, carers, staff) to inform implementation for Older Adults and CAMHS services. This is to understand the barriers and facilitators for ACD implementation in these services; and learn what adaptations are needed to the ACD resources and procedures for use in these services
Work Package 2 is a prospective study of ACD completion and use throughout all directorates. This will comprise interviews with service users after ACD creation and after an event where the ACD is expected to have been used; interviews with their care-team during expected use events; and interviews/focus groups with staff facilitating the creation of ACDs to understand the integration of their role in SLaM.
Work Package 3 is a retrospective study examining the impact of ACD creation on health service use and routinely collected outcomes. Work Package 4 is a prospective study of ACD use and its relationship to ACD content. Work Packages 3 and 4 will use de-identified data collected via South London an Maudsley's Clinical Records Interactive search System (CRIS).
For more information on ACDI, the people involved, and related publications, please visit: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/acdi
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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Study Groups
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ACD holders
service users with a history of detention under the Mental Health Act that create Advance Choice Documents
Advance Choice Document Implementation
Creation and application of Advance Choice Documents
Interventions
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Advance Choice Document Implementation
Creation and application of Advance Choice Documents
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Older adults
1. Experienced detention under the MHA while under services for Older Adults
2. Currently under the care of older adult community mental health services
Carers / Informal supporters Aged ≥ 16 years A relative or friend of a service user who is eligible for the study
Professionals Professional potentially involved in supporting the completion of ACDs (i.e., community mental health team (CMHT) staff, advocates, peer workers) SLaM professionals potentially involved in referring to ACDs (i.e., inpatient and emergency department liaison mental health staff, home treatment, place of safety and street triage staff) Approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) and Section 12 (MHA) approved doctors involved in detention.
Ambulance, prison mental health and Emergency Department staff General Practitioners, including mental health leads, or other primary care professionals who care for people with SMI discharged from secondary services
WP 2: Prospective study of ACD completion and use Service users All service users: accepted referral to an ACD facilitator for ACD creation Young people
1. Aged ≥ 16
2. Experienced detention under the MHA while in the care of CAMHS
3. Currently under the care of community mental health services (CAMHS / EI / CMHT/)
4. Accepted referral to an ACD facilitator for ACD creation; including participants who decline to complete and ACD after referral to an ACD facilitator.
Older adults
1. Experienced detention under the MHA while under services for Older Adults
2. Currently under the care of older adult community mental health services
3. accepted referral to an ACD facilitator for ACD creation
General Adult:
1. Aged ≥ 18 years
2. Previously detained under the MHA
3. Under the care of community mental health services (CMHT or EI)
Forensic
1. Aged ≥ 18 years
2. Experience detention under the MHA into forensic services
3. Currently under the care of forensic mental health services
Carers: relative or friend of someone referred to an ACD facilitator
Professionals: SLaM staff involved in the care of a participant with an ACD whose ACD is expected to have been consulted because they were: involved in a transfer of care, placed in zoning, referred for a MHA assessment or to a home treatment team, attended an Emergency Department or Place of Safety, admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit or imprisoned.
The interviews conducted with service users and staff after the expected use event will also include questions about satisfaction with and perceived value of the process of completing, distributing, accessing, honouring, and reviewing an ACD.
Exclusion Criteria
Carers/informal supporters Aged under 16 years Is not a relative or friend of a service user who is eligible for the study
Professionals Is not a mental health professional or Section 12 (MHA) approved doctor Is not a professional involved in supporting the completion of ACDs Is not a General Practitioner or mental health lead caring for people with SMI discharged from secondary services.
16 Years
ALL
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Sponsors
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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
OTHER
King's College London
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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South London and Maudsley/Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience-King's College London
London, , United Kingdom
Countries
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Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol
Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan
Related Links
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Related Info
Other Identifiers
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2946
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
R&D2025/062
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id