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Can a few support sessions prevent psychiatric readmissions?
NCT ID NCT07497763
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a short case management program for people who have been involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric hospital. The program, designed with input from people who have experienced coercion, provides up to five sessions with a nurse or social worker starting during the hospital stay and continuing for two months after discharge. Researchers will compare readmission rates and recovery outcomes between those who receive the program and those who receive usual care, following 262 participants for 18 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Brief case management intervention (support sessions with a nurse or social worker)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, low-cost way to help people recover after involuntary psychiatric stays and reduce the chance of being readmitted against their will.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial with 262 participants in one region. The intervention is brief and may not be enough to prevent readmissions for everyone. Results may not apply to other areas or healthcare systems.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 262 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 64 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * To have been involuntarily admitted by a medical doctor; * To be aged between 18 and 64 years; * To domiciled in the Greater Lausanne area; Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with an organic mental disorder (F0, ICD-10); * Patients with intellectual disability (F7, ICD-10); * Patients unable to provide written consent due to a lack of discernment; * Patients unable to speak French well enough to participate in the study without the help of an interpreter.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lausanne University Hospital
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, 1003, Switzerland
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