NCT01566513.

Trial name or title	Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of peer mentors in reducing hospital use (Project PEP).
Methods	Allocation: randomised Blindness: open label Duration: 9 months Location: not stated
Participants	Diagnosis: serious mental illness n = 320 Age: ≥ 18 years Sex: both History: not stated Exclusion criteria: dementia or other organic condition limiting ability to provide informed consent
Interventions	Group 1: no intervention, treatment as usual Group 2: behavioural: community connector Group 3: behavioural: peer recovery mentor Group 4: behavioural: peer case manager
Outcomes	Primary outcome measures: service use Secondary outcome measure: psychiatric symptoms, quality of life, community inclusion, psychiatric symptoms, quality of life, community inclusion
Starting date	August 2011
Contact information	larry.davidson@yale.edu
Notes	Protocol, full characteristics and outcome data not reported.