Providing Home Treatment for Acute Mental Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Katie F M MarwickNeena DhillonIain ProvenPublished in: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) (2021)
The Intensive Home Treatment Team in Edinburgh provides care at home for those with acute and severe mental health problems. During the first COVID-19 lockdown, the team conducted and evaluated video and telephone calls but also continued seeing most patients face to face to ensure adequate care. The in-person care was achieved safely, without an increase in staff sickness events. During the lockdown, the team observed more cases of psychosis, particularly acute and transient psychosis and first-episode psychosis, particularly among women.
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