Evaluation of intensive community care services for young people with psychiatric emergencies: study protocol for a multi-centre parallel-group, single-blinded randomized controlled trial with an internal pilot phase

Abstract Background Over 3000 young people under the age of 18 are admitted to Tier 4 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) inpatient units across the UK each year. The average length of hospital stay for young people across all psychiatric units in the UK is 120 days. Research is need...

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Published in:	Trials
Main Authors:	Thilipan Thaventhiran, Ben Hoi-Ching Wong, Izabela Pilecka, Saba Masood, Opeyemi Atanda, Joe Clacey, Jovanka Tolmac, Leon Wehncke, Liana Romaniuk, Margaret Heslin, Emma Tassie, Petrina Chu, Rhys Bevan-Jones, Ruth Woolhouse, Tauseef Mahdi, Veronika Beatrice Dobler, Mandy Wait, Paula Reavey, Sabine Landau, Sarah Byford, Toby Zundel, Dennis Ougrin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-02-01
Subjects:	Young people Children Community care Intensive community care services Inpatient care Mental health
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-07974-5