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- 25. A 2022 Swiss quasi-experimental study based on existing groups – a natural experiment based on geography , to allocate patients to IHT and hospital treatment according to the place of residence ent
- 24 Dutch randomised controlled trial 2022
- 19. Surely, the time has come for psychiatric hospitalization at home. What’s holding us back ?
- 18. Can you treat mentally ill homeless persons in an Intensive Home Treatment Service ?
- 17. My article on Intensive Home Treatment on the Mad in America webzine
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9. Social systems intervention and crisis resolution: a ” how to do it guide” based on work of Paul Polak
One of the key elements of intensive home treatment is social systems intervention. This is necessary because many crises that lead to admission ( called the “referral crisis” in these papers) are triggered by life events and changes in the various social … Continue reading
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8.The other book on intensive home treatment
” Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment in Mental Health” edited by Sonia Johnson, Justin Needle, Jonathan P. Bindman and Graham Thornicroft , published in 2008 by Cambridge University Press is an excellent comprehensive guide. It is written from a British … Continue reading
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7. The English ” template” for intensive home treatment teams: The 2001 Department of Health Mental Health Policy Impementation Guide
As Gyles Glover and Sonia Johnson outline in the book ” Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment in Mental Health” : in England , in the early 1990’s, community mental health teams were the main providers of emergency intervention in the community. … Continue reading
6. Transforming Mental Health Care: Assertive outreach and crisis resolution in practice
This 2004 Sainsbury Centre report pulls together some of the lessons learned from a number of sites across England in setting up assertive outreach ( same as assertive community treatment teams) and crisis resolution teams ( ie intensive home treatment … Continue reading
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5. More than the sum of all the parts:improving the whole system with crisis resolution and home treatment
This 2003 report from the Northern Centre for Mental Health in England describes the growing evidence that the benefits of intensive home treatment are not limited to managing crises but may affect the whole system of care better. More than … Continue reading
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4E. Service Development Strategies and Tools
This last book in the series deals with the change process : the effects of change; project management strategies; and how to make the change sustainable. The author covers the psychological aspects of change; the fear and resistance that develops … Continue reading
4D.The Assertive Outreach Team: Making It Happen
This book does for assertive community treatment what the previous book did for intensive home treatment. Team planning and creation are dealt with in some detail. ” A Day in the Life” section adds the necessary perspective of the staff … Continue reading
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4C. The Home Treatment Team: Making It Happen
This is the book that describes in considerable detail how the home treatment team was put together. They describe the influence of Stein and Test’s work in Madison Wisconsin, and Hoult’s pioneering research in Sydney Australia. All aspects of team … Continue reading
4B. Designing the Locality System
This book covers the thinking and strategy behind the reconfiguration of the whole North Birmingham mental health system. It is really a case study of sophisticated mental health planning . It outlines the demographic profile; the pre-pilot mental health service … Continue reading
4A. Designing Local Mental Health Services
This manual provides an overview of the issues around service development and the management of change. It reviews the evidence base for intensive home treatment and assertive community treatment. Practical service based examples are used to show how to shape … Continue reading