RECRUITING

Text-messaging Intervention to Support Parents After Their Child's Psychiatric Emergency

Study Overview

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Description

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.

Official Title

Developing and Testing a Text-messaging Intervention to Support Parents After Their Child's Psychiatric Emergency

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-08-01
Study Completion:2026-12-30
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06456762

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Parents or legal guardians of a child ages 11-17;
  2. * Parents or legal guardians must live with their child ≥50% of the time;
  3. * Child must be admitted to the pediatric emergency department for a mental health crisis;
  4. * Child must be discharged home from the emergency department with referrals to outpatient care.
  1. * Do not have daily access to a mobile phone that can receive SMS text messages;
  2. * Do not speak and read fluently in English.

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Margaret Benningfield, MD
CONTACT
6156128324
margaret.m.benningfield@vumc.org
Neil Chaturvedi
CONTACT
6159339731
neil.chaturvedi@vumc.org

Principal Investigator

Margaret Benningfield, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Locations (Sites)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37212
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Margaret Benningfield, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-08-01
Study Completion Date2026-12-30

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-08-01
Study Completion Date2026-12-30

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Parents
  • Self Efficacy
  • Mental Health Literacy
  • Psychiatric Emergency