Overview

In the U.S., when a patient is in need of rigorous psychiatric care, the first step is hospitalization. However, elsewhere in the world, psychiatric home treatment is proposed as an alternative. Model programs in Canada and the United Kingdom are publicly administered by community health agencies or teaching hospitals. Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders provides a review of the literature on home care and describes working programs around the world. This timely volume reviews treatment plans for different disorders with case illustrations, explains the administration of a PHC program and offers guidelines to case workers. It will be of interest to psychiatrists and policy makers working on the issue of patient hospitalization.

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Author:   David S. Heath
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780415934084

ISBN 10:   0415934087
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   03 November 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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...David S. Heath succeeds in delivering a comprehensive review of Mobile Crisis Home Treatment (MCHT), an efficacious community psychiatric treatment model, developed as an alternative to in-patient hospital care. This is the first book to provide a step-by-step approach to implementing the MCHT program in the community. As such, this text is an excellent resource for anyone currently examining alternative treatments for acute psychiatric patients in the community. By providing sufficient, understandable information and examples, practitioners, mental health policy makers and planners, and students can learn about this program, examine its critical elements, and observe how it has been applied in a number of real world settings. Having been employed in both crisis work and on ACT teams, and having set up similar programs, I felt that this book rang true. It is an accurate depiction of what it takes to implement and sustain a new innovative program in an existing mental health system. For all these reasons, this book is a must read for anyone interested in implementing Mobile Crisis Home Treatment. -Kraig J. Knudsen, in Community Mental Health Journal

<p>.. .David S. Heath succeeds in delivering a comprehensive review of Mobile Crisis Home Treatment (MCHT), an efficacious community psychiatric treatment model, developed as an alternative to in-patient hospital care. This is the first book to provide a step-by-step approach to implementing the MCHT program in the community. As such, this text is an excellent resource for anyone currently examining alternative treatments for acute psychiatric patients in the community. By providing sufficient, understandable information and examples, practitioners, mental health policy makers and planners, and students can learn about this program, examine its critical elements, and observe how it has been applied in a number of real world settings. Having been employed in both crisis work and on ACT teams, and having set up similar programs, I felt that this book rang true. It is an accurate depiction of what it takes to implement and sustain a new innovative program in an existing mental health sy

This book will appeal to clinicians and program planners for its practical guidance in treating individuals with acute mental disorders in a humane and cost-effective way. It is one of the best practitioner's handbooks I've seen on this topic. Chock full of case examples drawn from the author's site visits and extensive experience as a clinician and administrator, it meticulously documents the important role that mobile home treatment can play in a mental health system. As the trend toward psychiatric hospital closings continues in the US, I am amazed that this promising model has been seldom rigorously studied over the last decade.<br>. <br>-Gary R. Bond, Chancellor's Professor of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis <br> With Home Treatment for Acute Mental Disorders, Dr. Heath provides a wonderful compendium of the international science and the practical application of a level of care that many have been fortunate enough to participate in. <br>. <br>-from the foreword by Anita S. Everett, M.D., Senior Medical Advisor, Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Community Psychiatrist, Johns Hopkins University <br>

Author Information

David S. Heath, MB, ChB, FRCPC, is Psychiatric Consultant to the Hazelglen Outreach Mental Health Service (Cambridge site), a mobile crisis home treatment service of Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He is also a psychiatrist at the Homewood Health Centre in Guelph, Ontario.

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