The Impact of Routine Follow-up Contacts After a Pediatric ED Visit for Youth With Suicide Risk

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a social work led follow up program helps caregivers of youths with suicide risk access mental health resources. Primary aims include: 1. To formalize a mental health follow up protocol that assists youths with engagement of mental health services after a hospital visit. 2. To evaluate and standardize the optimal timing for the follow up phone calls. 3. To assess the proportion of patients with suicide risk who connect with community mental health care within a month after a pediatric emergency department (ED) visit at Johns Hopkins Hospital. 4. To assess the proportion of patients with suicide risk who have repeat ED visits within 3 and 6 months. The primary outcome of interest is the proportion of youths referred to a community provider who successfully connect to community mental health resources 5 to 10 business days after an ED visit. The secondary outcome will involve repeat ED visits within 3 and 6 months.

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a social work led follow up program helps caregivers of youths with suicide risk access mental health resources. Primary aims include: 1. To formalize a mental health follow up protocol that assists youths with engagement of mental health services after a hospital visit. 2. To evaluate and standardize the optimal timing for the follow up phone calls. 3. To assess the proportion of patients with suicide risk who connect with community mental health care within a month after a pediatric emergency department (ED) visit at Johns Hopkins Hospital. 4. To assess the proportion of patients with suicide risk who have repeat ED visits within 3 and 6 months. The primary outcome of interest is the proportion of youths referred to a community provider who successfully connect to community mental health resources 5 to 10 business days after an ED visit. The secondary outcome will involve repeat ED visits within 3 and 6 months.

The Impact of Routine Follow-up Contacts After a Pediatric ED Visit for Youth With Suicide Risk: a Randomized Controlled Trial

The Impact of Routine Follow-up Contacts After a Pediatric ED Visit for Youth With Suicide Risk

Condition
Suicidal Ideation
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients ages 8 to 21 years old;
  • * Who present to the emergency department (ED) and are assessed with suicide risk;
  • * Who are discharged from the Johns Hopkins Hospital (Pediatric inpatient psychiatric unit, Pediatric Day Hospital, or Pediatric ED) with a mental health referral
  • * Patients who were directly transferred to the inpatient psychiatry unit or the Day Hospital from an outside hospital, bypassing the hospital's ED
  • * Direct admissions, bypassing the hospital's ED

Ages Eligible for Study

8 Years to 21 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Hanae Fujii-Rios, MD MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins University

Study Record Dates

2025-06