From: Treatment and outcomes of crisis resolution teams: a prospective multicentre study
Length of treatment: | Â | Â |
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: | Â | Â |
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 (%) | Â | Â |
Suicide attempts | 14 (2.1) | Â |
Self-harm | 32 (4.7) | Â |
Physical attacks on others | 16 (2.4) | Â |
Exposed to physical attacks from others | 5 (0.7) | Â |
Pharmacological treatment: n (%) | Â | Â |
Medication at the end of treatment | 316 (42.0) | <0.001** |
Antipsychotic medication: n (%) | 138 (20.9) | Â |
Antidepressant medication: n (%) | 181 (26.6) | Â |
Mood-stabilizing medication: n (%) | 72 (10.6) | Â |
Anxiety medication: n (%) | 83 (12.2) | Â |
Sleep medication: n (%) | 91 (13.4) | Â |
Other kind of medication: n (%) | 5 | Â |
Reasons for concluding treatment: n (%) | Â | Â |
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: | Â | Â |
Individual care plan: n (%) | 68 (10.0) | <0.001** |
Use of coercion: n (%) | 8 (0.1) | Â |
Brought to CRT by the police: n (%) | 27 (4.0) | Â |