Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment in Mental Health

Crisis resolution and home treatment teams respond rapidly to people experiencing mental health crises and offer an alternative to hospital admission. They are an increasingly important component of mental health care and are adopted by many health care systems around the world. This practical and pioneering book describes the evidence for the effectiveness of such teams, the principles underpinning them, how to set up and organise them, how patients should be assessed and what types of care the teams should offer. Other topics covered include integration of crisis teams with in-patient, community residential and day care services, the service users' experiences of crisis teams, and responding to diversity in home treatment. This book is essential reading for all policy makers, service managers and mental health workers interested in establishing or operating crisis resolution and home treatment services, as well as for researchers and students seeking to understand this model.

ISBN 0521678757   Pages 336 ISBN13 9780521678759 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 700 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Paperback   Height (mm) 247 Publication date 31 Jul 2008   Width (mm) 174 Library of Congress 2008012846   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 362.24   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Foreword by Leonard I. Stein
Sect. 1		Introduction and concepts		1
1		Introduction by Sonia Johnson and Justin Needle		9
2		The development of crisis resolution and home treatment teams by Sonia Johnson and Graham Thornicroft		9
3		The crisis resolution team model: recent developments and dissemination by Gyles Glover and Sonia Johnson		23
Sect. 2		The evidence		35
4		The classic home treatment studies by Sonia Johnson and Graham Thornicroft		37
5		Recent research on crisis resolution teams: findings and limitations by Sonia Johnson and Jonathan P. Bindman		51
Sect. 3		Current practice		65
6		Crisis resolution teams: rationale and core model by Sonia Johnson and Justin Needle		67
7		The crisis resolution team within the community service system by Jonathan P. Bindman		85
8		Assessment of crises by John Hault and Mary-Anne Cotton		97
9		Assessment and management of risk by Neil Brimblecombe		111
10		Symptom management by John Hoult and Fiona Nolan		121
11		Practical psychosocial interventions by Jonathan P. Bindman and Martin Flowers		137
12		Working with families and social networks by Christopher Bridgett and Harm Gijsman		151
13		Strategies for promoting engagement and treatment adherence by Mary Jane Tacchi and Jan Scott		165
14		Mixed blessings: service user experience of crisis teams by Alison Faulkner and Helen Blackwell		177
15		Early discharge and joint working between crisis teams and hospital services by Fiona Nolan and Sylvia Tang		187
16		Working with repeat users of crisis resolut ion services by Martin Flowers and Jonathan P. Bindman		197
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'... succinctly written in a straightforward style ... a readily accessible and comprehensive introduction to CRHT with plenty of practical advice. For these reasons the increasing numbers of healthcare workers from all professional backgrounds who are now dealing with this new way of working are likely to both enjoy and benefit from reading this book.' Psychological Medicine

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