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Unspecified mental disorder
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Liaison psychiatry (LP) involves the provision of mental health services in non¬psychiatric settings, in this case in general hospitals. Liaison services exist because there are higher rates of most mental health problems in general hospitals than there are in the general population. The two main questions asked of them are: do they improve outcomes for the people referred to them and if so can they do so in a cost¬effective way? It has even been claimed that LP saves the NHS money by reducing inappropriate use of expensive general hospital stays and treatment for people who are best helped in other ways. The challenge in answering these questions is that liaison services vary greatly in how they are set up, in the sort of referrals they see, and in how they deliver care. Liaison psychiatry for the elderly does not cover the same ground as that for working age adults. So asking whether liaison services are cost effective is not like asking whether a cardiac surgery service is cost¬effective but more like (on a smaller scale!) asking if general practice is.
In phase 1 we will use data from a national liaison psychiatry accreditation scheme run by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (along with other existing data sources) and data from follow¬up telephone interviews with key members of selected LP services to identify services that we will then characterize according to how they are configured and the types of referral they see.
In phase 2 we will interview a number of health professionals associated with LP services and use pseudonymised case¬based and/or aggregated data from a 28 day survey of practice to describe referrals.
Expert PPI and professional workshops will be used to question and validate the theories and models that are derived from the research.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
Observational type: Qualitative;
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
Phase 1: Exclusion criteria for ‘long list’ 1. Children only service 2. Prison only service 3. Armed Forces only service 4. Non response to follow-up telephone interview Phase 2: Exclusion criteria for interviews 1) Unwilling or unable to provide the time for interview without reimbursement
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
The study is sponsored by University of Leeds and funded by NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Co-ordinating Centre (NETSCC) .
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