[Assessment-Based Home Treatment for People with Severe Psychotic Disorders].
OBJECTIVE
Although there is growing evidence for clinical effectiveness of crisis resolution teams (also called Home Treatment Teams) for patients with severe psychotic disorders, a lot of studies suffer from poor model fidelity, which leads to an ignorance of specific effective factors.


METHODS
Here we present the implementation of an assessment-based Home Treatment in Germany. Assessment-derived therapeutic tasks are shared between team members by a manualized process.


RESULTS
We visited 32 patients almost 600 times in 15 months. The median was 15.5 visits per patient. Adherence to Home Treatment intervention was significantly stronger (unplanned discharge 16 %) compared to prior hospitalization (unplanned discharge 50 %) (Chi-square test, p = 0.003).


CONCLUSIONS
Applying this model, a detailed definition of specific tasks for team members leads to a high model fidelity and increases patients' compliance to therapy.
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Dietrich
D
Sturm
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Sebastian
S
Arends
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Thomas
T
Henke
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Claudia
C
Reichmann
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Birgit
B
Janssen
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf, Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Philipp
P
Görtz
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006699:Home Care Services; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome