Being Young : My Mental Health
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Mental Health Issue, Mental Disorder. Basic parameters: 10 years — 24 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A 12-month Prospective Cohort Study of Mental Health Care Pathways of Adolescents and Young Adults
Overview
The goal of this prospective cohort study is to study the evolution of adolescent and young people's mental health over a 12-month period after presentation to an emergency department or crisis service for an acute psychiatric episode. This study aims to: * Describe the mental health care trajectories of adolescents and young adults after an acute psychiatric episode. * Identify psychiatric disorders (such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts, sleep, etc.) at the different time points of the study (at 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after inclusion) ; * Assess the quality of life and functional capacity in daily activities of participants at each study time point ; * Determine the socio-demographic, psychosocial and environmental factors associated with improving mental health over time and with mental health help seeking. Patients aged from 10 to 24, presenting to one of the participating centers for an acute psychiatric episode, and who agree to participate, will be included in the study. Participants will have to complete an online questionnaire every 3 months over a 12-month period (at baseline (T0), at 3 months (T3), at 6 months (T6), at 9 month (T9) and at 12 months (T12))
Detailed description
Recruitment process
A poster campaign will be carry out in all study locations. Patients aged between 10 and 25 visiting one of the study location will be invited to participate in the study. The clinical research associates will visit all study location on a weekly basis in order to present the study to eligible patients.
After checking the inclusion criteria, the clinical research associate will call eligible patients (or their legal representative for patients under 18) to present the study, the implications related to study participation, and obtain their oral consent. Patients who were willing to participate in the study will be automatically identify by a number.
Follow-up :
Patients will have to complete an online questionnaire at different time of the study: at baseline, at 3 months, at 6 months, at 9 months and at 12 months. For the participants aged under 18, the questionnaire will have to complete by or with the help of the parental representative.
Investigators will collect socio-demographic, clinical data related to the acute psychiatric episode, and health care pathway over time. Mental health assessments will be based on standardized questionnaires.
Clinical research associates will send an email to all participants to complete the initial questionnaire (at baseline). Then, they will coordinate patient follow-up, and will send automatic reminder through email at the different times of the study :at 3 months (M3), 6 months (M6), 9 months (M9) and 12 months (M12) to complete the follow-up questionnaires online. Patients will be awarded a gift voucher worth €10 after each completed questionnaire.
Primary outcome measures
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [Time frame: Baseline]
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [Time frame: Month 3]
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [Time frame: Month 6]
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [Time frame: Month 9]
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [Time frame: Month 12]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: baseline]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: Month 3]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: Month 6]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: Month 9]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [Time frame: Month 12]
- Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ) [Time frame: baseline]
- Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ) [Time frame: month 3]
- Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ) [Time frame: month 6]
- Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ) [Time frame: month 9]
- Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire (SBQ) [Time frame: month 12]
- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) [Time frame: baseline]
- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) [Time frame: month 3]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
All patients
- aged from 10 to 24 years old
- had an consultation in one the study locations for psychiatric reason
Exclusion criteria
- Absence of consent of the patient or the parental authority holder (for minor patient)
- Adult patients under legal protection
- Lack of proficiency in French (language of the study)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
France · 7 centers
- Pediatric Emergency Department - Armand Trousseau Hospital — Paris
- ATRAP (Acute unit for child outpatients) — Paris
- C.P.O.A (Psychiatric Emergency Department) — Paris
- Pediatric Emergency Department - Necker Hospital — Paris
- CIAPA (Inpatient unit for Adolescents) — Paris
- Adult Emergency Department - Bichât Hospital — Paris
- Pediatric Emergency Department - Robert Debré Hospital — Paris
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05886595 · D22-EPI031