Emerging models and trends in mental health crisis care in England: a national investigation of crisis care systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inpatient psychiatric care is unpopular and expensive, and development and evaluation of alternatives is a long-standing policy and research priority around the world. In England, the three main models documented over the past fifty years (teams offering crisis assessment and treatment at home; acute day units; and residential crisis services in the community) have recently been augmented by several new service models. These are intended to enhance choice and flexibility within catchment area acute care systems, but remain largely undocumented in the research literature. We therefore aimed to describe the types and distribution of crisis care models across England through a national survey.

Methods

We carried out comprehensive mapping of crisis resolution teams (C

SUBMITTER: Dalton-Locke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8553397 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature