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Day centres for severe mental illness.

J Catty1, T Burns, A Comas

  • 1Community Psychiatry, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Jenner Wing, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK, SW17 ORE. jcatty@sghms.ac.uk

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
|June 19, 2001
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Reply: To PMID 25495209.

Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica·2015

No randomized controlled trials were found for non-medical day centers, highlighting a significant gap in evidence for severe mental illness treatment. Further research is crucial to understand the effectiveness of these services.

Area of Science:

  • Mental Health Research
  • Psychiatric Services Evaluation
  • Community Psychiatry

Background:

  • Increasing prevalence of severe mental illness treated in community settings.
  • Growing reliance on day centers and day hospitals as supplementary treatments.
  • Need to evaluate the efficacy of non-medical day center interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the effects of non-medical day center care for individuals with severe mental illness.
  • To assess the impact of these community-based services on patient outcomes.
  • To identify evidence-based practices in mental health day care.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive literature search across multiple databases (e.g., MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycLIT) from inception to 1999.
  • Inclusion criteria focused on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of non-medical day center care for severe mental illness.

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  • Systematic review methodology including quality rating and data extraction, with planned intention-to-treat analysis.

    • Main Results:

    • Extensive searching yielded no relevant randomized controlled trials evaluating non-medical day centers.
    • Over 300 citations were identified electronically, but none met the inclusion criteria for this review.
    • A significant lack of high-quality evidence exists for the effectiveness of non-medical day centers.

    Conclusions:

    • The absence of RCTs necessitates caution in interpreting existing non-randomized studies, which provide conflicting information.
    • There is a critical need for well-designed, rigorously conducted RCTs comparing non-medical day centers with other forms of day care.
    • Improved nomenclature is essential for identifying relevant research in this field.
    • Individuals with severe mental illness and their caregivers should make pragmatic choices based on perceived needs until more evidence is available.