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Intensive case management in Australia: a randomized controlled trial.

C Issakidis1, K Sanderson, M Teesson

  • 1Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety Disorders, University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
|June 3, 1999
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Intensive case management (ICM) improved social functioning, treatment engagement, and reduced police involvement for severely disabled clients compared to standard care. Hospitalization rates did not significantly change.

Area of Science:

  • Mental Health Services Research
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatric Epidemiology

Background:

  • Severely disabled individuals often require intensive support for community mental health.
  • Standard case management models may not fully address complex client needs.
  • Optimizing community mental health service delivery is crucial for patient outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the effectiveness of intensive case management (ICM) against standard clinical case management.
  • To evaluate the impact of ICM on social functioning, treatment engagement, and hospital admissions.
  • To assess the feasibility of implementing ICM in a well-resourced Australian community mental health setting.

Main Methods:

  • Randomized controlled trial involving 73 severely disabled clients.

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  • Comparison of ICM (10 clients per clinician) with standard case management (up to 30 clients per clinician).
  • 12-month follow-up period assessing social functioning, psychiatric hospital admissions, and treatment engagement.

    • Main Results:

    • Clients receiving ICM demonstrated improved social functioning compared to standard care.
    • ICM clients had fewer psychiatric hospital admissions involving police.
    • Higher engagement and retention in treatment were observed in the ICM group.
    • No significant reduction in hospitalization duration or total number of episodes for ICM clients.

    Conclusions:

    • Intensive case management shows promise in enhancing social functioning and treatment adherence for severely disabled mental health clients.
    • Further research is needed to identify specific effective components of ICM and their long-term sustainability in routine practice.
    • The findings suggest that ICM can be a valuable model for improving community mental health service outcomes.