title: Community Treatment Teams: an alternative to state hospital.
abstract: This article describes the implementation of Community Treatment Teams as a strategy to provide services to patients discharged from a state psychiatric hospital. The closing of Philadelphia State Hospital was the impetus for the development of an alternative long term care treatment system for the seriously mentally ill which was based on a variation of the community treatment team model. This article provides a description of the teams, their functioning, structure, and the impact they have had on the service system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-2648, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasko
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: McGurrin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000639:trends; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000639:trends; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000639:trends*; D015143:Philadelphia; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation