PDF Ebook Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment
The intention of this publication is to provide expanded guidelines surrounding the implementation of Crisis Resolution / Home Treatment based on the Department of Health Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide (March 2001).
These guidelines provided a framework for one of the most significant developments in acute mental health care, complementing inpatient care and offering choice to service users, carers and clinicians. Crisis Resolution/ Home Treatment is a Recovery oriented approach which offers a more personalized approach to mental health care both in theory and reality.
As Crisis Resolution/ Home Treatment teams developed, the possibilities for this model began to be realised and the issues surrounding best fit and local implementation within an integrated community care system, also emerged. Many services had different starting points and priorities for development, and the interface issues between community mental health teams and inpatient units in particular (along with developing Assertive Outreach and Early Intervention teams) were important.
The facilitatory work of NIMHE West Midlands was supported and informed by the West Midlands Crisis Resolution/ Home Treatment Network, with one common theme – the enthusiasm of experienced practitioners, managers, service users and carers, to contribute time and effort towards assisting others at different stages of local development. From the beginning, there was a critical mass of established and emerging teams in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton to support a meaningful Network. This publication draws heavily on that shared experience and also detailed research in North Birmingham which examined the model in operational practice. Continued development in more rural areas across the West Midlands is gathering pace and experience gained from this is hoped to be included in a supplemental publication.
It is hoped that this contribution provides a timely source of useful information to support continued implementation of Crisis Resolution/ Home Treatment.
CONTENTS
Foreword
1. Vision & Values for Mental Health Service Users
2. Defining Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment
3. Who is the Service For?
4. What is the Service Intended to Achieve
5. Background of Crisis and Home Treatment
6. Types of Crisis and Evidence Base
7. What is the Rationale for Targeting the Service
8. Advantages of Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment
9. Phases
10. Model of Service Delivery
11. The Decision to Admit
12. Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment Teams and Inpatient Units
13. Joint Working Between Home Treatment Teams and Community Mental Health Teams
14. Frequently Asked Questions
15. Setting Up a New Team
16. Staffing & Professional Roles
17. Joint Working with Assertive Outreach Teams
18. Fidelity in Home Treatment/Crisis Resolution
19. Respite Services and Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment
20. Training
21. The Service User Perspective
22. Carers’ Views (Carers in Partnership)
23. Audit & Evaluation
24. Network
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