Methods | Allocation: cluster randomised with 46 GP practices. Blinding: open study. Setting: community health centre, London, UK. Follow-up: over 12 months. |
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Participants | Diagnosis: psychosis (CAARMS*) N=113. Age: mean age 23 years. Sex: 81 M, 32 F. Excluded: participants with a history of contact with mental health services for psychosis for more than 6 months or antipsychotic treatment for more than a month. History: first-episode psychosis. |
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Interventions | 1. GP education in early detection with access to LEO-CAT. N=23 practices, N=50 participants. 2. Usual care, with access to LEO-CAT. N=23 practices, N=63 participants |
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Outcomes | Hospitalisation. Referred to Mental Health Services by Accident and Emergency or Emergency Health services |
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Notes | *Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States (CAARMS) (Yung 2005). LEO-CAT- Lambeth Early Onset Crisis Assessment Team. GP practices randomised into the intervention group received both the GP education training and direct access to the LEO CAT team for referrals. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors’ judgement | Support for judgement |
Adequate sequence generation? | Unclear risk | Randomised, no further details. |
Allocation concealment? | Unclear risk | No details. |
Blinding? All outcomes |
High risk | Open study. |
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes |
High risk | Study attrition not reported. |
Free of selective reporting? | Unclear risk | No details. |
Free of other bias? | Unclear risk | No details. |