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Table 2 Contents of treatment

From: Treatment and outcomes of crisis resolution teams: a prospective multicentre study

Length of treatment:

  

All patients: days (SD) range

19.5 (24.4) 0-97

<0.001**

More than one consultation by a CRT: days (SD)

29.3 (24.8)

0.001**

Frequency of consultations and co-operation:

  

One consultation by a CRT: n (%)

225 (33.1)

<0.001**

Consultations more than twice a week: n (%)

50 (7.4)

<0.001**

Doctor/psychologist participated in consultations

375 (55.1)

<0.001**

Inclusion of family/networks (consultations, meetings, other kinds of contact):

350 (51.5)

<0.001**

Collaboration with other mental health services (consultations, meetings, or other kind of contact): n (%)

486 (71.5)

0.038**

GPs

351 (51.6)

<0.001**

Community mental health centres

219 (32.2)

<0.001**

Psychiatric nurse/other professions in the municipality:

173 (25.4)

<0.001**

Acute in-patient wards

144 (21.2)

<0.001**

Unwanted incidents: n (%)

  

Suicide attempts

14 (2.1)

 

Self-harm

32 (4.7)

 

Physical attacks on others

16 (2.4)

 

Exposed to physical attacks from others

5 (0.7)

 

Pharmacological treatment: n (%)

  

Medication at the end of treatment

316 (42.0)

<0.001**

Antipsychotic medication: n (%)

138 (20.9)

 

Antidepressant medication: n (%)

181 (26.6)

 

Mood-stabilizing medication: n (%)

72 (10.6)

 

Anxiety medication: n (%)

83 (12.2)

 

Sleep medication: n (%)

91 (13.4)

 

Other kind of medication: n (%)

5

 

Reasons for concluding treatment: n (%)

  

Concluded as planned

511 (75.1)

0.002**

Concluded earlier than planned

132 (19.4)

0.016**

Concluded later than planned

35 (5.1)

0.008**

Other characteristics:

  

Individual care plan: n (%)

68 (10.0)

<0.001**

Use of coercion: n (%)

8 (0.1)

 

Brought to CRT by the police: n (%)

27 (4.0)

 
  1. *p values from χ2 tests, ANOVA, and Kruskal-Wallis test; "**significance of the difference between teams