The mental health services question this study addresses is, more accurately: if you have two psychiatric wards in a hospital, should you convert one of
Download the Report This qualitative research project was designed to gain a rich understanding of service-user experience within this program, and to apply these impressions
Download the Study This is the second follow-up study of PRISM clients. A prospective cohort study, it was conducted by some of the researchers who
This 2022 Psychiatric Services article describes the first published outcomes data regarding PRISM facilities in Montreal ( described in this website under resources tab posts
The mental health system in Trieste, a city of 240,000 in northern Italy , is famous . Allen Frances, former chair of the Department of
Intensive Home Treatment ( IHT ) programs could reduce emergency room boarding of patients experiencing a mental health crisis in three ways : 1 They
In April 2016 one of the acute wards of the regional public psychiatric hospital – Cantonal Psychiatric Clinic ( CPC) was shut down, and the
As in the 2019 Swiss RCT ( post 23), this study utilized the Zelen design in which participants are randomized before the consent stage.
This study is important for a number of reason This is the sixth country ( and health care system) in which an RCT of IHT
Fidelity measures are tools to assess the implementation of models of mental health care. They enable translation of scientific knowledge into patient benefit . Fidelity
This paper in Lancet Psychiatry ,Vol 3 ,June 2016 examines the question : what role do health services have in suicide prevention ? The research
Here is the reference for a recent paper in Lancet Psychiatry that -in my opinion- raises unwarranted concerns about the safety of intensive home treatment.