Mental health. Out of bounds.
Despite sometimes dramatic results, crisis resolution and home treatment services still face resistance from some mental health teams. Key concerns, which the authors dispute, include applicability to deprived areas, pressure on crisis teams, patient risk and changes to the work of consultant psychiatrists. Co-operation across the whole care system is essential to success.
Kennedy
Peter
P
Clinical Programmes, Northern Centre for Mental Health, York University.
Smyth
Marcellino
M
D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010358:Patient Participation; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom