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Evaluation of a Collaborative Mental Health Care System

NCT06581874 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 418

Last updated 2026-04-13

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Summary

In the absence of easy access to second-line ambulatory care, the number of 'inappropriate' psychiatric emergency visits is increasing, with emergency departments becoming the gateway to mental health care.

This is the context in which the 'med@psy' system was set up in the Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean metropolitan area by a private psychiatrist. It facilitates access to psychiatric second referral for General Practitioners (GPs) by pooling the 48-hour supply of psychiatric consultations in real time. It is assumed that this system will facilitate access to outpatient psychiatric care and help to optimize the organisation of patient care and follow-up. The aim of this study is to evaluate the med@psy system in the care pathway for patients with psychiatric disorders.

This study main objective is to compare the proportion of patients with a psychiatric disorder who will receive outpatient follow-up 1 month after a visit to a psychiatric emergency department without hospitalization (Group 1) versus 1 month after a consultation with a psychiatrist within 48 hours via the med@psy system (Group 2).

Conditions

  • Psychiatric Adults Patients

Interventions

OTHER

Clinical assessment by emergency psychiatrist

After a clinical assessment by the emergency department psychiatrist which does not lead to hospitalization, the patient will be given a psychiatric interview and sent home.

OTHER

Psychiatric consultation booked through Med@Psy platform

The patient will be seen within 48 hours after the consultation with his or her general practitioner by a psychiatrist taking part in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fabien Korrichi, MD

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-03
Primary Completion
2027-03-31
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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