Crisis in the psychiatric patient: A structured illness-management-oriented group intervention - 13/04/16
Résumé |
Introduction |
Crisis prevention and management of the psychiatric patient have obtained a central role in the policies of Mental Health Services. In this context, Mental Health Centre of Ravenna has launched a “Crisis Center”, a rehabilitation group project applied to three types of users: users in an early stage of crisis, users in a post-critical stage and users at high risk of crisis. Intervention was based on the Illness Management and Recovery practice, an evidence-based program which consists in social skills training activities, emotions management, symptom management, coping skills training, psycho-education and, more generally, supporting users in their personal recovery process.
Objective |
Objectives of this project is to prevent crisis and hospitalization and to provide an alternative to institutionalization for mental health users.
Aims |
The aims of this study was to analyze and show effects and results of the project, in its first three years of life.
Methods |
Through the database “Infoclin”, we analyzed data of 94 users who took part in the project between January 2012 and December 2014.
Results |
Analysis showed, primarily, that out of 94 users, 64 (68%) have not needed hospitalization in the following two years after intervention. Furthermore, out of 39 users with a history of one or more hospitalizations at time of entry, 22 (56.4%) have not needed hospitalization in the next two years.
Conclusions |
Despite the low number of users analyzed, it is believed that this study should be considered a further evidence of the positive effects of the IMR practice within mental health services.
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Vol 33 - N° S
P. S568 - mars 2016 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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