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NCT Number: NCT07411300

Supporting Caregivers Following Mental Health Emergency Department Visits

The investigators plan to conduct a pilot hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomized controlled trial comparing 3 arms of varying follow-up intervention. Caregivers of youth ages 10-17 who present to the Lurie Children's Hospital ED with suicidal thoughts or behaviors (STBs) and are discharged with a safety plan will be included in the current study. Families will be randomized to receive either 1) treatment as usual, 2) follow-up phone calls, or 3) automatic electronic medical record (EMR) MyChart messages

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Key information

Conditions

Caregiver Participation Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Disease Attributes Emergencies Emergency Department Presentation Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Safety Plan Self-Injurious Behavior Suicide

Age range

10 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60640, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Amanda Burnside, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

312-227-2785

Danielle Cory, MENG

CONTACT

[email protected]

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants are eligible for participation in the current study if they are parent/guardians of youth ages 10-17 who received a psychiatric evaluation in the ED for suicidal thoughts or behaviors and are being discharged with a safety plan

Exclusion criteria

  • Parents/guardians will be excluded from recruitment if the youth is in state custody, if they are not proficient in English or Spanish, if the patient is being admitted or transferred for medical or psychiatric hospital admission, or they are not willing to enroll in MyChart through the EMR. The investigators are also only enrolling one caregiver per patient. In other words, if a patient returns to the ED with a different caregiver, the investigators will not enroll the other caregiver.

Treatment and study plan

Telephone Calls

Behavioral

Parents/guardians are contacted via telephone by a psychiatric social worker within 72 hours of ED discharge, then the family receives weekly phone calls until either they have successfully connected to follow-up mental health services or asks to no longer be contacted. Otherwise phone calls will continue to be made weekly until 60-days post-discharge.

Automatic MyChart Messages

Behavioral

Parents/guardians receive automatic MyChart messages within 72 hours of ED discharge, then the family receives weekly messages until 60-days post-discharge.

Primary outcomes

  1. ED Return Visits

    Time frame: Between baseline enrollment and 90 day follow-up assessment

    Count of return visits to the ED for a mental health chief complaint within 90 days from initial ED encounter

Secondary outcomes

  1. Intervention Acceptability

    Time frame: 90 Days follow-up

    Participant acceptability (using Acceptability of Intervention; AIM measure)

  2. Study feasibility

    Time frame: Baseline

    Percentage of eligible and approached patients that consent and are enrolled in the study

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Amanda Burnside, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

312-227-2785

Danielle Cory, MENG

CONTACT

[email protected]

3122276312

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Other

Collaborators

  • Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Registry information

Acronym: SCFMHEDV

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Feb 13, 2026
Registry last updated
Feb 13, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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