Benchmarking assertive community treatment: A report from Waltham Forest

Clinical Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-221

  Mirza, Ilyas ^a   Green, Debbie ^a   Luyombya, Godfrey ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Hospital beds; Mental illness; Patient care; Patients' expectations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEAMWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0346271550     PISSN: 14777274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777270310487039     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Burns, T. and Priebe, S. (1996), "Mental health care systems and their characteristics: A proposal", Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica , Vol. 94, pp. 381-5.
2. Department of Health (1999), Mental Health National Service Framework: Modern Standards and Service Models, HSC 1999/222 and LAC (99), Vol. 34, HMSO, London.
3. Ford, R., Ryan, P., Norton, P. et al. (1996), "Does intensive case management work? Clinical, social and quality of life outcomes from a controlled study", Journal of Mental Health, Vol. 4, pp. 361-8.
4. Holloway, F. and Carson, J. (1998), "Intensive care management for the severity mentally ill: Controlled trial", British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 172, pp. 19-32.
5. Marshall, M. and Lockwood, A. (1998), "Assertive community treatment for people with severe mental disorders", Cochrane Library, Vol. 2, pp. 1-32.
6. Marshall, M, et al. (1999), "PRiSM psychosis study. Design limitations, questionable conclusions", British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 175 pp. 501-3.
7. Rosshandler, S.E.J. (1999), "A case study evaluation of an assertive outreach team, looking specifically at client's and carers' satisfaction with this method of service delivery", MSc thesis, Middlesex University, London.
8. Stein, LI. and Test, M.A. (1980), "Alternative to mental hospital treatment: I. Conceptial model, treatment program, and clinical evaluation", Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 37, pp. 392-7.
9. Tyrer, P. (1998), "Whither community care?", British Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 173, pp. 359-60.