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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Dr
Kerry
Gutridge
+44 (0)7784 016 900
kerry.gutridge@manchester.ac.uk
Dr
Louise
Robinson
+44 (0)1772 676134
louise.robinson@manchester.ac.uk
Secondary care mental health treatment requirements
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Many people who attend court have severe and complex mental health problems. They often find it difficult to access treatment. They can face stigma, homelessness, financial and substance problems. A prison sentence can make these problems worse and does not help their mental health.
A Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) can be given instead of a short prison sentence by courts in England and Wales if the person agrees. It means that they must attend for treatment of their mental health problem as part of a community sentence. Secondary MHTRs (SC-MHTR) are for people who need specialist mental health care. Until now, courts have ordered very few SC-MHTRs. The NHS has given money to three courts in England, called ‘proof-of-concept’ sites, to investigate whether more people could benefit from SC-MHTRs. They think that this could improve their mental health and reduce the number of people with severe mental health problems going to prison. The NHS would like to see an increase in SC-MHTRs across the country and needs to learn the best way to go about this. There is no research evidence about how to increase use of SC-MHTRs. We also do not know if they affect health, or if they can work for different people and in different places.
This study will examine how people use SC-MHTRs at the proof-of-concept sites and at a Welsh site. The researchers want to know if SC-MHTRs are working, who for, how and why. This will let them tell the NHS the best way to introduce them across the country. They also aim to develop a way to measure their effect on health and on NHS costs across the country in future.
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:
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
Patients:1. Aged 17 years and under2. Lacking the capacity to provide informed consent to participate3. Not recommended for, under, or recently (within 3 months) under an SC-MHTR4. Considered by staff not safe to interview due to their current risk assessment
Carers:1. Aged 17 years and under2. Lacking the capacity to provide informed consent to participate3. Not a family member or informal caregiver of someone recommended for, under, or recently (within 3 months) under an SC-MHTR
Professionals:1. Aged 17 years and under2. Do not have a working knowledge of how SC-MHTRs operate
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Dr
Louise
Robinson
+44 (0)1772 676134
louise.robinson@manchester.ac.uk
Dr
Kerry
Gutridge
+44 (0)7784 016 900
kerry.gutridge@manchester.ac.uk
The study is sponsored by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research - Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme.
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