Abstract
Aims and methodA community treatment team, offering rapid assessment and intensive home treatment as an alternative to admission is described. The relationship between diagnosis and outcome was examined, in terms of initial ‘take on’ rates, admissions to in-patient areas at both initial assessment and subsequently.ResultsThere was a significant relationship between diagnosis and outcome, with marked variation between diagnostic categories.Clinical implicationsHome treatment teams prevent admissions with the majority of people from all diagnostic groups, but less successfully with people with personality disorder.
Highlights
A significant number of people with severe, acute mental illness can be successfully treated in their own homes
Intensive home-based treatment may produce similar or superior outcomes in symptomatology compared to hospital-focused services (Stein et al 1975; Houli et al 1984; Mujien et al 1992; Dean et al 1993)
We report on the patients assessed by a home treatment service in its first full year of operation
Summary
Aims and method A community treatment team, offering rapid assessment and intensive home treatment as an alternative to admission is described. The relationship between diagnosis and outcome was examined, in terms of initial 'take on' rates, admissions to in-patient areas at both initial assessment and subsequently
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