An Assessment of Voluntary Adolescent Mental Health Screening and Referral in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department

Mental Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

An Assessment of Voluntary Adolescent Mental Health Screening and Referral in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00750412
• Other study ID #: CCHMC 2008-0987
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 9, 2008
• Last updated: October 17, 2011
• Start date: March 2009
• Est. completion date: June 2010

Study information

• Verified date: October 2011
• Source: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the TeenScreen intervention to usual care for adolescents who screen positive for mental health problems in a pediatric emergency department. It is anticipated that adolescents receiving the TeenScreen intervention will be more likely to attend a first session of outpatient mental health services within 60 days of the initial screening than those receiving the usual care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 112
• Est. completion date: June 2010
• Est. primary completion date: June 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 11 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients between 11 and 17 years old

• Medically stable and presenting with a non-psychiatric complaint

• English speaking

• Parent/guardian present for consent

• Insurance coverage by Medicaid

• Hamilton County residents

• Not currently receiving mental health treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Less than 11 years or greater than 17 years old

• Parent/guardian not present at time of visit

• Medically unstable

• Non-English speaking

• Insurance other than Medicaid

• Presenting complaint is a mental health problem

• Currently receiving mental health treatment

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health

Intervention

Behavioral:
• TeenScreen Program
Adolescents who are randomized into the TeenScreen program and their parent/guardian will receive post-screening information, a facilitated referral, and case management services from a research social worker.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Emergency Medicine	Cincinnati	Ohio

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati	Columbia University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Verified mental health service use through clinical administrative data		60 days after the initial mental health screening	No
Secondary	Measurement of depressive symptoms and impairment of functioning utilizing the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depressions Scale and Sheehan Disability Score		60 days after the initial mental health screening	No

External Links

•   Columbia University TeenScreen Program