title: From good intentions to real life: introducing crisis resolution teams in Norway.
abstract: In Norway, as in most western countries, the adult services for people experiencing mental health problems have gone through major changes over the last decades. A report submitted to the Norwegian Parliament in 1997 summarized several areas of improvement in the provision of mental health-care to its population, and led to the introduction of a national mental health programme in 1998 for its implementation to be completed by 2008. The most significant recent development in Norway is 'Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment' (CRHT) teams that provide an alternative to acute hospital care services. The major aim of this study is to explore an emerging form of community mental health-care, and present a framework for establishment and examination of CRHT teams applying the user perspectives. An illustration of user experiences in an already established CRHT team provides a background for understanding implications of this form of service in relation to service users' needs in acute crises.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University College of Buskerud, Kongsberg, Norway. bengt.karlsson@hibu.no
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: Marit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borg
authors.forename: Hesook Suzie
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009664:Norway; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction