Evaluation of the Impact of Case Manager Intervention on the 3-year Psychotic Episode Recurrence Rate in Patients Aged 16 to 30 Years With a First Psychotic Episode.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age16-30
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

About this trial

The study investigators hypothesize that the intervention of case managers specifically trained in case management of early psychosis will change the paradigm of care of a first psychotic episode from the current organization of the care system. Indeed, the creation of specific services for emerging psychotic disorders cannot easily be generalized throughout the country and requires specific funding. The intervention of case managers according to the recommendations of good practices will make it possible to propose the fundamental principles of early intervention to young patients and their families on a large scale throughout the territory, namely: personalized and proactive accompaniment, psycho-education of the pathology and treatments, involvement and support of the families, and support for socio-professional reintegration

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

The patient or their close relative must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form

The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan

The patient is available for a 3-year follow-up.

Presence of positive psychotic symptoms (delusion(s) and/or hallucination(s) and/or conceptual disorganization) evolving for at least one week, either daily or at least 3 times per week for at least one hour per occasion ;

Disqualifiers

The subject is participating in another category I interventional study, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study

The subject, or one of the parents for minor patients, refuses to sign the consent

It is impossible to give the subject informed information

The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Case management

Treatment groups

256 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups