Abstract
Aims and methodThe aim was to provide effective time-limited management of acute episodes of mental illness in the community, thus reducing dependency on the psychiatric services. A multi-disciplinary team supplied intensive psychological and pharmacological interventions.ResultsFifty-nine per cent were discharged within 12 weeks to the care of their general practitioner. Twelve per cent were admitted to in-patient care.Clinical implicationsA time limited multi-disciplinary approach will have benefits to patients and the service.
Highlights
Panmure House is the base of a community mental health team in Dundee
Panmure House does not provide all ongoing care for people with chronic mental health problems
The Social Functioning Question naire (SFQ) is a less symptom specific rating tool and by its nature has no cut-off point for caseness. It does generate a useful measure of impaired social functioning and again its mean score improved significantly. This is a study of a service whose aim from the onset is to provide time-limited management of acute mental illness episodes with this aim being communicated to the patient at assessment
Summary
Aims and method The aim was to provide effective time-limited management of acute episodes of mental illnessin the community, reducing dependency on the psychiatric services. Panmure House is the base of a community mental health team in Dundee. Panmure House does not provide all ongoing care for people with chronic mental health problems. It opened with the novel aim to manage acute episodes of mental illness with a contact time of approximately 12 weeks. As this is an entirely new service with the aim of providing time-limited treatment of discrete mental illness episodes, we felt it was important to study the characteristics of the people seen and their contact with the services as well as aspects of service delivery
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