Intensive Psychiatric Home Care May Cut Hospital Readmission

Medscape January 3, 2025
Edited by Anushree Chaphalkar

TOPLINE:

Intensive home treatment after a psychiatric crisis is linked to 18% lower readmission rates over 12 months than standard psychiatric inpatient treatment, a new study shows.

METHODOLOGY:

• Researchers conducted a quasi-experimental, nonrandomized trial from 2020 to 2022 across 10 psychiatric hospitals in Germany.
• They compared intensive home treatment with inpatient treatment for 400 participants (mean age, 45.5 years; 65% women) with an acute mental health crisis and a stable residence, no child welfare risk, and no acute suicidality or severe aggression requiring hospitalization.
• Intensive home treatment followed established psychiatric inpatient care guidelines and included at least one psychiatrist, a nurse, and either a psychologist, social worker, or occupational or physiotherapist.
• Mean treatment duration was 37 days for the...

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