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Improving Primary Care in Patients With Mental Disorders

NCT00183313 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 407

Last updated 2013-11-19

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Summary

This study will determine the effectiveness of medical case management in improving the medical care of people with mental disorders or substance abuse problems.

Conditions

  • Mental Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nurse case management

Nurse case management is a population-based medical case management program to improve the delivery of primary medical care to patients with serious mental illness in a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) in Atlanta GA. The treatment draws on elements from the primary care, nursing case management, chronic disease, health behavior change literature, and from the study team's experience in integrating primary care services for patients with serious mental illnesses.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Usual care includes standard mental health services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Benjamin G. Druss, MD, MPH · Emory University

  • Silke A. von Esenwein, MA · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-07-31
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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