Preventing compulsory admission to psychiatric inpatient care using psycho-education and monitoring: feasibility and outcomes after 12 months

Lay, Barbara; Blank, Christina; Lengler, Silke; Drack, Thekla; Bleiker, Marco; Rössler, Wulf

doi:10.1007/s00406-014-0553-1

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Lay, B., Blank, C., Lengler, S., Drack, T., Bleiker, M., & Rössler, W. (2015). Preventing compulsory admission to psychiatric inpatient care using psycho-education and monitoring: feasibility and outcomes after 12 months. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 265(3), 209–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-014-0553-1

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate an intervention programme for people with severe mental illness that targets the reduction in compulsory psychiatric admissions. In the current study, we examine the feasibility of retaining patients in this programme and compare outcomes over the first 12 months to those after treatment as usual (TAU). Study participants were recruited in four psychiatric hospitals in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Patients were eligible if they had at least one compulsory admission during the past 24 months.