Can a faster mental health assessment help people get back on track?
NCT ID NCT05087446
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares standard mental health care to an early assessment team for 588 adults referred to outpatient clinics. The goal is to see if early, personalized evaluation improves daily function, mental health, and quality of life. Participants are randomly assigned to either the new assessment approach or usual care.
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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 588 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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 years and older
- 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: * all patients referred to a general psychiatric outpatient clinic * necessary capacity to consent * master Norwegian language to such an extent that the patient can understand the written consent Exclusion Criteria: * patients that an admission team at the outpatient clinic consider obviously must have a TAU for some time * patients too healthy to receive specialized mental health care * patients in need of acute psychiatric assessment * relevant participants who do not respond digitally or who do not confirm consent in writing within given deadlines
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nidelv DPS, Tiller
Trondheim, Norway
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