Text4Support for Psychiatric Illness
Peer and Text Message Support to Reduce Readmission Rates for Patients Discharged From Acute Psychiatric Care
See full descriptionAbout the trial for Psychiatric Illness
Treatment Groups
This trial involves 2 different treatments. Text4Support is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will be divided into 2 treatment groups. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
Eligibility
This trial is for patients born any sex aged 18 and older. You must have received 1 prior treatment for Psychiatric Illness or the other condition listed above. There are 3 eligibility criteria to participate in this trial as listed below.
Approximate Timelines
Measurement Requirements
This trial is evaluating whether Text4Support will improve 1 primary outcome, 10 secondary outcomes, and 4 other outcomes in patients with Psychiatric Illness. Measurement will happen over the course of 52 weeks.
Patient Q & A Section
What are common treatments for psychiatric illness?
The treatments for psychiatric illnesses and mental disorders commonly used are grouped according to whether the treatment can be done in the general health clinic, at a psychiatric community hospital, or in an inpatient setting.
How many people get psychiatric illness a year in the United States?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated there will be 25,000 new mental disorders reported in 2006 due to diagnostic expansion as well as increased awareness of mental health problems in the general population. This report suggests that over a 4-year period the number of new cases of mental illnesses in the United States will be increasing with the highest prevalence in the age range 20–39 years.
What causes psychiatric illness?
Psychiatric illness is caused by a range of factors, including genetic inheritance, neurological dysfunction, and environmental and cognitive factors. The diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness will depend on identifying and treating its underlying causes.
What is psychiatric illness?
Psychiatric illness is a group of mental disorders characterized by abnormality of thinking, feeling or behaving. It is usually caused by a persistent change in thoughts or feelings and by lasting personal disruption in functioning. It is distinguished from normal moods through the presence of impairment of thinking, feeling or functioning to such a degree that adjustment is difficult. Psychiatric illness is commonly experienced by people in all cultures.
Can psychiatric illness be cured?
There is no cure for psychological illness. However, people who live with a mental illness often lead a relatively healthy life and a good quality of life. Therefore, not all psychiatric illness has to be considered incurable. Nevertheless, the severity and course of illness can influence treatment and prognosis.
What are the signs of psychiatric illness?
Mental illness may include the following: psychomotor retardation (slowing of thought and speech, lack of motivation and social withdrawal), delusions, hallucinations, disordered perception, inappropriate behavior, lack of responsibility (in children), lack of social support, and lack of motivation for activities (in adults).\n
What does text4support usually treat?
A variety of common mental health problems can receive support. The clinical experiences of many users are very complementary, and a small number of common problems are often addressed in several ways, depending on the client's needs at the end of their treatment encounter.
What is the average age someone gets psychiatric illness?
Recent findings the mean psychiatric diagnoses for people aged 18 and older were similar to rates found in other areas. The lifetime prevalence of psychiatric illness in youth is much lower than previously reported. More research is needed to elucidate why this may be the case. Recent findings add to the growing body of evidence indicating a need for early detection, intervention, and treatment of psychiatric problems, and could imply that earlier screening for psychiatric problems in adolescents may be feasible.
How serious can psychiatric illness be?
Psychiatric illness shows a complex, highly variable set of signs and symptoms. Even when patients appear asymptomatic or may not meet diagnostic criteria, they are at higher risk of experiencing the adverse consequences of untreated mental illness than the general population.
Have there been other clinical trials involving text4support?
A retrospective analysis of published trials found text4support trials to be of good quality, but of relatively low cost in terms of staffing, administration and trial costs compared to trials of antidepressant or anxiolytic treatment of other mental health disorders.
Who should consider clinical trials for psychiatric illness?
The study's results show that most patients with psychiatric illness were not interested, motivated, or empowered to take the role of participating in medical research. Physicians, clinicians, and educators should consider the role and responsibilities of the potential participant when considering the ethics of clinical study participation.
How does text4support work?
We found the text4support app is useful to help those experiencing a psychiatric illness, such as depression and anxiety. Text4support is better than accessing information only, with little change in the use of health resources for both depressed and anxiety sufferers. Further investigation is warranted in establishing if the use of text4support on a larger scale may help reduce the number of emergency admissions for depression and anxiety, or improve more long-term outcomes. This type of app is becoming increasingly available in clinics, GP consultations and other sources around the world; however, it is not part of the NHS England Clinical Standards Data Package.