NCT07411300

Supporting Caregivers Following Mental Health Emergency Department Visits

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 75 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators plan to conduct a pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomized controlled trial comparing 3 arms of varying follow-up intervention. Caregivers of youth ages 10-17 who present to the Lurie Children's Hospital ED with suicidal thoughts or behaviors (STBs) and are discharged with a safety plan will be included in the current study. Families will be randomized to receive either 1) treatment as usual, 2) follow-up phone calls, or 3) automatic electronic medical record (EMR) MyChart messages

Conditions

• Caregiver Participation
• Emergency Department Presentation
• Safety Plan

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Telephone Calls	Parents/guardians are contacted via telephone by a psychiatric social worker within 72 hours of ED discharge, then the family receives weekly phone calls until either they have successfully connected to follow-up mental health services or asks to no longer be contacted. Otherwise phone calls will continue to be made weekly until 60-days post-discharge.
BEHAVIORAL	Automatic MyChart Messages	Parents/guardians receive automatic MyChart messages within 72 hours of ED discharge, then the family receives weekly messages until 60-days post-discharge.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-01-26
• Primary completion: 2026-08-31
• Completion: 2026-08-31
• First posted: 2026-02-13
• Last updated: 2026-02-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States