MyCare study: protocol for a controlled trial evaluating the effect of a community-based intervention on psychosocial, clinical outcomes and hospital admission rates for adults with severe mental illness.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People with serious mental illness (SMI) often fail to receive adequate treatment. To provide a higher level of support, mental health systems have been reformed substantially to integrate mental healthcare into the community. MyCare is one such community-based mental health model of care. This paper describes the study protocol of a controlled trial examining the effect of MyCare on psychosocial and clinical outcomes and hospital admission and duration rates for adults with SMI.

Methods and analysis

This is a multisite non-randomised controlled trial with a 3, 6 and 12-month follow-up period. The study participants will be adults (18-64 years of age) with SMI recruited from Hobart, Launceston and the North-West of Tasmania. The treatment group will include adul

SUBMITTER: O'Donnell R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7684817 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature