Intensive home treatment for those experiencing acute psychiatric crisis is a safe and effective substitute for conventional care, and led to a reduction in hospital admission days, according to a study published in Lancet Psychiatry.
“Treating patients in their social context means that intensive home treatment enables those involved to recognize psychiatric problems related to financial, social, and environmental factors better and address them more effectively than they can in a clinical setting,” Jurgen Cornelis, MD, of the Psychiatric Emergency Service at Arkin Mental Health