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6.Impact of an intensive home treatment team and an assertive community treatment team Newcastle 2007

Impact of an intensive home treatment team and assertive community treatment team Newcastle UK 2007  This is one of two naturalistic studies of home treatment carried out since national implementation. Although both types of teams were started together, the 45% … Continue reading

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5.Impact of an intensive home treatment team on admission rates Leeds UK 2007

This is a naturalistic study of the changes in admission rates following introduction of an intensive home treatment team in Leeds UK. The service opened in Oct 2004. There was a 37.5% drop in the monthly admission rate. There was … Continue reading

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4. Impact of the South Islington CRT team on service costs

The conclusions from this economic evaluation were that intensive home treatment appeared to reduce the costs compared to usual care, but the amount was not statistically significant. Further controlled trials are needed for a full cost effectiveness analysis. This was … Continue reading

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3.South Islington Non-Randomized Trial 2005

South Islington Non-Randomized Trial  This is a comparison of admission rates and bed days before an intensive home treatment service was established and after–a quasi-experimental study. After the  team was established, the admission rate 6 weeks after a crisis was … Continue reading

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2.Economic Evaluation of a crisis resolution team : a randomized controlled trial

Economic evaluation of a crisis resolution service: A randomised controlled trial       1Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (United Kingdom) 2Department of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical Schools, … Continue reading

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1. North Islington randomized controlled trial: intensive home treatment v. hospital UK 2005

This randomized controlled trial by Sonia Johnson is the latest study and is noteworthy for three reasons. It is the highest quality study; it pits intensive home treatment against an up to date hospital service which includes an after hours emergency … Continue reading

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