10.Intensive home treatment for first-episode psychosis

This article describes the experience of intensive home treatment teams in Hertfordhire England in 1998/9. Successful home management was achieved in 20 cases ( 54%) during an eighteen month period. No significant difference was found in any demographic variable, diagnostic category and severity rating by Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale between those who were hospitalized and those who were not. The most common reason recorded for admission was that of risk to self Service innovations Home Treatment for first-episode psychosis