Support for adolescent mental health through psychiatric outreach nurses

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This study evaluates the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of psychiatric outreach nurses providing mental health support to adolescents aged 12-16 in a school setting. It compares the outcomes of brief interventions by these nurses with conventional student welfare services over a 6 and 12 month period. The interventions include psychoeducation, motivational interviewing, and various therapeutic methods tailored to the adolescents' needs. Data will be collected through questionnaires assessing mental health status and quality of life, alongside service utilization.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents (12-16 years old) who seek help from student welfare services due to mood disorders and who have one or more of the following conditions: prolonged and/or complicated anxiety, mood symptoms, obsessive-compulsive and/or eating disorder symptoms, mild to moderate self-harm (e.g. death wishes or cutting). In addition, person's motivation to receive the service provided is an admission criterion.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Persons with one or more of the following needs or life situations: adolescents who need light support and guidance, young people with a single problem of low motivation for school, young people with a stressful life situation or relationship problems. On the other hand, adolescents who are in acute need of specialist care or for adolescents with multidisciplinary problems for whom support measures have already been put in place, because of their mental health symptoms (e.g. severe depression, psychotic symptoms, severe and acute suicidal tendencies or a clear suicide plan).
* Exclusion criteria for the intervention and control groups also include situations where the adolescent has a long-lasting, already established mental health problem and/or a need for further treatment after a period of specialised hospital care.
* Exclusion criteria also include behavioural disorders where there is a clear underlying cause other than a mental disorder.

Where it's running

• Wellbeing Services County of North Savo
  Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Johanna Lammintakanen, PhD, Professor — University of Eastern Finland
• Study coordinator: Anne Surakka, M.Soc.Sc, MHS (Health Econ.)
• Email: anne.surakka@uef.fi
• Phone: +358505292553

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.