NCT03637478

Enhancing Systems of Care: Supporting Families and Improving Youth Outcomes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 171 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cambridge Health Alliance · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 0 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to improve access to child mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) care by expanding primary care screening and increasing availability of timely mental health evaluation and treatment.

Detailed description

This is a quasi-experimental, longitudinal study. Identified youth and families will receive the intervention within the four study site clinic locations. Comparison group families will receive usual care. Each primary care study site will have designated Family Support Specialist, Clinical Care Manager and Child Psychiatry resources. The intervention includes an integrated care consultation which combines diagnostic evaluation, family assessment, and multi-disciplinary, team-based treatment recommendations, with follow-up community linkages and support, as indicated.

Conditions

• Pediatric Mental Health Services

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Enhanced Systems of Care Team	E-SOC team will be increasing connections between clinical care and community partners, such as schools, juvenile justice and child-serving state agencies, to reduce disparities in access to mental health/substance use evaluation and treatment. All aspects of the care continuum will be provided in a culturally and linguistically competent manner, with child and family-driven care planning. Overall goals are: earlier identification of mental health needs including child trauma; increased treatment access and adherence; care delivered in least restrictive settings; care experience reflecting active youth and family engagement; program sustainability and replicability.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-17
• Primary completion: 2020-07-31
• Completion: 2020-09-30
• First posted: 2018-08-20
• Last updated: 2020-10-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States