NCT00400166

Recovery Guide Intervention for Recurrent Psychiatric Hospitalization

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 71 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Recovery Guide support services are effective in promoting recovery and social integration among psychiatrically disabled individuals who experience high rates of inpatient hospitalizations.

Detailed description

The paradigm shift in mental health treatment from a deficit-and institution- based framework to a recovery and community integration frame necessitates new models of "case management" practices. The Recovery Guide model is just such a model. Beyond theoretical frameworks, the effectiveness of Recovery Guides has not been well studied. It is the intent of this study to conduct a randomized trial examining the effects of Recovery Guides on community tenure and integration. Furthermore, it is the intent of this study to to establish fidelity criteria. Comparison(s): Recovery Guide services in addition to treatment as usual, compared to treatment as usual.

Conditions

• Schizophrenia
• Schizoaffective Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Psychotic Depression

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Recovery Mentor	Provided Recovery Mentor services

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-12-01
• Primary completion: 2009-05-01
• Completion: 2009-05-01
• First posted: 2006-11-16
• Last updated: 2009-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States