Comparison of intensive and standard case management programmes for psychotic patients

INTERVENTION: Eligible patients were randomly allocated to standard case management (case loads 1:30‐35) or intensive case management (case loads 1:10‐15). 4 mental health centres in England, 3 in Inner London and 1 in Manchester. CONDITION: Schizophrenia and other psychoses ; Mental and Behavioural Disorders ; Schizophrenia PRIMARY OUTCOME: Clinical symptoms and social functioning were measured at baseline, one years and two years. Hospital use was assessed at two years with subgroup analyses for Afro‐Caribbean and the most disabled patients. A range of secondary outcomes based on clinical and social functioning was also assessed. SECONDARY OUTCOME: Not provided at time of registration INCLUSION CRITERIA: 708 psychotic patients with histories of repeated hospital admission.