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Crisis homes for adult psychiatric patients

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Abstract

Introduction

Inspired by the Crisis Home programme in Madison, we have adapted and evaluated the programme at the Community Mental Health (CMH) Centre in Tønder, Denmark.

Material and methods

Procedures and schedules from the Crisis Home programme were applied in this open trial. Questionnaire data concerning satisfaction with the stay and registration data concerning the admissions and bed days two years before and two years after the first stay were obtained.

Results

During four years, 52 different patients had a total of 187 stays in a crisis home. Twenty (38.5%) of the patients were attached to the ACT team. The average duration of the stays was 4.0 days. The number of readmissions and bed days after the first stay showed a significant downward tendency for the subgroup of patients with a more severe mental disorder, but not for the whole group. The patients, the crisis homes families and the referrers were very satisfied with the programme and the treatment.

Conclusion

Crisis home stays represent a quality improvement in the treatment package, especially for patients with a more severe mental disorder. Further documentation will require a controlled study.

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Acknowledgements

The project has been funded by: Social Services Minister Research Foundation, Psychiatric Research Foundation, Aarhus and the Research Foundation in Sønderjylland County.

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  1. Community Mental Health Centre, Tønder, Denmark

    Jørgen Aagaard

  2. Centre for Psychiatric Research and Dept. S, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Risskov, 8240, Denmark

    Jørgen Aagaard & Leslie Foldager

  3. Centre of Research and Information for Social Psychiatry, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Michael Freiesleben

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Aagaard, J., Freiesleben, M. & Foldager, L. Crisis homes for adult psychiatric patients. Soc Psychiat Epidemiol 43, 403–409 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-008-0311-7

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