title: Psychiatric home care.
abstract: Overall, psychiatric home care fills a gap in the mental health continuum of care. This health care delivery system integrates the skill of the psychiatrist with the specialized skill, knowledge, and abilities of the psychiatric nurse. Nurses bring with them a complete armamentarium with which to effectively monitor and change dysfunctional behavior. Through teamwork, clients receive coordinated services aimed at keeping them active and functional in their most treasured and familiar environment, their home.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Information System, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Pelletier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends; D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States