Text-messaging Intervention to Support Parents After Their Child's Psychiatric Emergency
This grant aims to develop and test a text-messaging intervention for parents of children and teens evaluated in the emergency department for a psychiatric emergency and discharged home with outpatient referrals. The intervention for parents will teach parents skills to navigate the mental health services system and bu
| Condition(s) | Parents, Self Efficacy, Mental Health Literacy, Psychiatric Emergency |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | This grant aims to develop and test a text-messaging intervention for parents of children and teens evaluated in the emergency department for a psychiatric emergency and discharged home with outpatient referrals. The intervention for parents will teach parents skills to navigate the mental health services system and build their self-efficacy in managing their child's mental health. This research has the potential to improve services for families seeking emergency psychiatric support, with the goal of facilitating treatment engagement and reducing emergency services utilization using scalable, cost-effective, accessible tools. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Parents or legal guardians of a child ages 11-17; * Parents or legal guardians must live with their child ≥50% of the time; * Child must be admitted to the pediatric emergency department for a mental health crisis; * Child must be discharged home from the emergency department with referrals to outpatient care. Exclusion Criteria: * Do not have daily access to a mobile phone that can receive SMS text messages; * Do not speak and read fluently in English. |
| Ages | 18 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Locations | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Start date | 2024-08-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT06456762 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06456762 |