Step-up, step-down mental health care service: evidence from Western Australia's first - a mixed-method cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health Step-up, Step-down services (SUSD), also known as subacute services or Prevention and Recovery Services, have emerged to fill an identified gap between hospital-based inpatient care and clinical community-based mental health support. Evidence for the effectiveness of the SUSD service model is limited but growing. Accordingly, this study looked to add to the extant body of knowledge, by (i) assessing change outcomes in mental health and wellbeing, and predictors of these changes, for patients who accessed Western Australia's first SUSD service; and (ii) evaluating patients' satisfaction with service, and what patients value from their stay.

Methods

This was a mixed-method retrospective cohort study. Participants comprised 382 patients who accessed a 2

SUBMITTER: Ngo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7216384 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature