Keir Harding finds little published evidence to support people with ‘personality disorder’ diagnoses when they are in crisis.
[read the full story...]Acute day hospitals: an option for mental health crisis care?
Dieneke Hubbeling looks at a recent qualitative study of acute day units for mental health crises, which explores the experiences of service users and staff.
[read the full story...]Mental health crisis care: clinical and cost effectiveness of models of care
Caroline Leah publishes her debut blog on crisis care for people with mental health issues, which concludes that better quality evidence is needed to support the overall effectiveness of crisis care interventions.
[read the full story...]Be nice to patients and they will get better? Therapeutic alliance and service user satisfaction
John Baker reviews a recent cross-sectional study of the relationship between therapeutic alliance and service user satisfaction in mental health inpatient wards and crisis house alternatives.
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