The Impact of a Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team on Hospital Admission, Symptom severity and Service User Functioning over Five years

• DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1002
• Publication Date: 2023-08-08T09:24:31Z
• Authors: S. Crowley; S. McDonagh; D. Carolan; K. O’Connor
• Keywords: Thematic Analysis; Mental health service

Introduction Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs) offer short-term specialist psychiatric input to service users experiencing acute mental illness or crisis in the community. The South Lee CRHTT was setup 2015. Objectives: Primary objectives To evaluate impact of treatment given by a terms of: 1. Preventing hospital admission, 2. Impact on user’s symptoms and overall functioning 3. Service satisfaction with Secondary Objectives patient characteristics those attending CRHTT, assess qualitative data provided using thematic analysis. Methods All treated between 2016-2020 were included this review. Standardized quantitative measures are routinely taken HBTT before after treatment. Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) used measure symptom reduction, Health Nation Outcome (HONOS) quality life/health outcomes. Client Satisfaction Questionnaire- version 8 (CSQ-8) user quantitatively, also asked for data. Results 1041 service, 2016-2020. shown be effective across all primary outcome measures. Inpatient admissions areas served fell 38.5% its introduction. BPRS scores reduced significantly (p<.001), from mean score 32.01 24.64 Mean HoNOS 13.6 9.1 (p<.001). Of receiving CSQ-8, 180 returned it completed (17.3%). users’ median responses “very positive” 4 point-Likert scale items thematically analysed. Conclusions CRHT at preventing inpatient admission. an option crisis, Feedback gained suggests that high. Disclosure Interest None Declared