See October 30 2023 CTV news : ” Quebec introduces new measures to cut down on psychiatric hospitalization ” These measures include Intensive Home Treatment programs
As I have mentioned in the past, compared to other countries, Canada has been extremely slow in developing Intensive Home Treatment programs , which are now available in eleven countries. So this is a really big deal
These IHT programs will be modelled on the program in Quebec city created in 2016 and featured in post 13 under category News on this website . That program was modelled on the British Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment ( CRHT) model mentioned in numerous posts on this website
Currently , in addition to Quebec City , there are two IHT programs in Montreal and five under development