Partnerships Between Schools and Public Mental Health Departments: Investigation of Multi-professional Interventions for Children Aged 3 to 8 With Mental Health Issues (Parpsych-Ed)

NCT04300712 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Parpsych-Ed_2018
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 7

Brief Summary

Local partnerships between schools (preschool and elementary) and mental health public services are implemented in seven sites in France. They aim to improve recognition of difficulties related to mental health problems and to provide interventions to 3 to 8 years-old pupils in need. Our hypothesis that these local partnerships and interventions enhance the role of school in supporting good mental health and wellbeing of all children and the trajectories of children with mental health service needs. Theses also facilitate community support. One of them, early-interventions involve caregivers. Our objective is to enhance knowledge of the unmet mental healthcare need at school and to explore for whom, in which local context and how partnerships and early intervention work.

Conditions

School Difficulties Associated With Mental Health Problems

Keywords

mental health; children psychiatry; school difficulties; psychosocial interventions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• number of 3 to 8 years old children identified with mental health services need

  Evolution of the number of 3 to 8 years old children identified with mental health services

  24 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

  12 months

• Healthcare access, barriers to treatment, intervention acceptance

  12 months

• Parent refusal rate to let their child benefit of all responses

  12 months

• Parent refusal rate to let their child benefit of the early intervention

  12 months

• Parents refusal rate to plan appointment in public health services as indicated after the intervention

  18 months

Study Arms (1)

Tracking of the children with difficulties

OTHER

All parents and teachers will respond to the questionnaires and the beginning and end of school year which is not done in the routine for tracking the children in difficulty.

Behavioral: Questionnaires at the start and end of the school year

Interventions

Questionnaires at the start and end of the school year BEHAVIORAL

Interventions will be proposed to children identified in a worrisome situation. The Strengths and Difficulties. Questionnaire will be used by teachers to score these situations. The recognition process of mental health problem and need continue with responses. Responses are supporting a graduated response process in school and facilitating external support when needed (mental health services, community supports). Early intervention is one of all responses, which involve caregivers. Responses to worrisome situations aim to improve schooling conditions, to acknowledge mental health problems or condition and the health services need for children. To evaluate the intervention, the impact supplement of SDQ and the follow-up questions will be used by the teachers and the parents of children who benefit of the intervention. The interventions will be experimented during year 2020-21. Children might benefit of them from several weeks to one year, according to their need.

Also known as: Questionnaires at the start and end of the school year completed by teachers and directors, Questionnaire before and after intervention completed by teachers and parents., Questionnaires during and after the intervention, completed by public mental health professionals

Tracking of the children with difficulties

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Attending pre- and elementary schools involved in the ParpsychEd partnerships.

You may not qualify if:

• Absence of parents and/or child consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• GCS pour la recherche et la formation en sante mentale: lead

Study Sites (7)

EPSM Barthélémy Durand

Grigny, Essone, France

Location

EPSM de Guadeloupe

Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe, France

Location

EPSM Val de Lys

La Couture, Pas De Calais, France

Location

EPSM Val de Lys

Vieille Chapelle, Pas De Calais, France

Location

Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne

Paris, France

Location

Fondation Bon Sauveur de la Manche

Picauville, France

Location

Centre Hospitalier de Saint Denis

Saint-Denis, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Jean-Luc Roelandt, MD

  French World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Sandrine Bonneton, MD

  French World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sandrine Bonneton, MD

CONTACT

0033157278458; bonnetonsandrine@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2019
• First Posted: March 9, 2020
• Study Start: September 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2021
• Study Completion: December 31, 2021
• Last Updated: March 9, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Locations

FR (7)