Can a 48-Hour psychiatrist booking system keep patients out of the ER?
NCT ID NCT06581874
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 08, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study compares two ways to help adults with mental health issues get follow-up care. One group gets usual care after an emergency room visit, while the other uses a new system that books a psychiatrist appointment within 48 hours through their general doctor. Researchers will check if more people in the second group have a follow-up visit one month later. The goal is to see if this system improves access to outpatient care and reduces unnecessary ER visits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If this system works, it could show a better way to get people with mental health issues into follow-up care quickly, reducing strain on emergency rooms.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only measures follow-up rates, not health outcomes. Results may not apply to other regions 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 418 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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: * Patient ≥ 18 years ; * Patient presenting to the Centre hospitalier de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer emergency department, with or without referral, and receiving psychiatric advice with discharge without hospitalization after clinical assessment (Group 1) or patients referred for psychiatric consultation via the Med@psy system (Group 2). * Patient with indication for outpatient follow-up * Patient with open social security rights Exclusion Criteria: * Patient's refusal to take part in research ; * Patient currently being followed by a psychiatrist. Psychiatric follow-up is defined as at least one consultation with a psychiatrist in the last 3 months, outside an unscheduled care consultation or in an emergency department; * Patients referred for a suicide attempt, violent or non-violent, serious or non-serious; * Patients without a declared general practioner; * Patients already included in the study; * Patients who do not speak French; * Patients under judicial protection (guardianship, curatorship, etc.) or safeguard of justice; * Patient under compulsory care, under a care order or deprived of liberty. * Any other reason which, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cabinet médical Korrichi (Med@psy program linked to this office)
RECRUITINGToulon, Var, 83000, France
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Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon La Seyne sur Mer emergency reception service
RECRUITINGToulon, Var, 83100, France
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