Adapting a Model for Veterans on a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

Adapting a Critical Time Intervention Model for Veterans on a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

This randomized controlled study tests an adapted critical time intervention model for veterans discharged from a psychiatric inpatient unit. It is hypothesized that veterans on the inpatient unit who are assigned to such a community-based team will have shorter lengths of inpatient stay and better mental health. There have been few developments of community-based models of care in the post-deinstitutionalization era of short inpatient stays and the results of the study may inform how inpatient stays can be further reduced.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Conditions: Serious Mental Illness
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Adapted critical time intervention team

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Admitted to the psychiatric inpatient unit for at least 4 days
2. Willing to participate in community-based treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Actively suicidal or homicidal
2. Dementia
3. Drug or alcohol detoxification
4. Physician emergency certificate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Adapted critical time intervention team; Community-based team will help facilitate early inpatient discharge and re-entry into the community.	Behavioral: Adapted critical time intervention team
No Intervention: Regular inpatient care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Length of inpatient stay	1 month follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Mental health functioning	1 month follow up

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: VA Connecticut Healthcare System
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jack Tsai, Ph.D., VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 25, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 25, 2013
• First Posted (Estimate): March 28, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 12, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 9, 2015
• Last Verified: December 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders
• Other Study ID Numbers: 01715