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Open all hours: 24 hour response for people with mental health emergencies
- Authors:
- MINGHELLA Edna, et al
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 64p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report focusing on acute mental health care, evaluating findings from a study of emergency home treatment for people in severe mental health crisis.
When the walls came down
- Author:
- GITTINS Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.5.98, 1998, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Hears the views of former patients at Severalls Hospital, a long stay psychiatric institution in Essex.
Home based treatment: models of service, effectiveness and outcomes in adult mental health; literature review
- Author:
- GODFREY Mary
- Publisher:
- Nuffield Institute for Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report provides a review of the literature on home based treatment for people with disabling mental illness, examining models of service, their effectiveness and outcomes for users and carers.There are two broad models: acute, community based alternatives to in patient care, and long term assertive outreach for those with the most severe and disabling mental illnesses. The key points pertinent to service development are also summarised.