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Service users' experiences with help and support from crisis resolution teams. A literature review
Monika Gullslett Winness1, Marit Borg, Hesook Suzie Kim
1Department of Health Sciences, Buskerud University College, Kongsberg, Norway. monika.gullslett.winness@hibu.no
Background:
Services for crisis resolution provided by home treatment teams are recent developments in the mental health care scene. There is a lack of systematized reviews in the service users' responses to these services.
Aim:
To systematize the existing knowledge regarding the service users' experiences with crisis resolution and home treatment (CR/HT) teams in order to explore ways to develop this form of service further.
Method:
A systematic review of the periodical literature and research reports on CR/HT was carried out for the period from January 1995 to January 2009.
Results:
A total of 13 papers, one RCT review and two reports were identified, including both qualitative and quantitative studies. Although these studies provided few in-depth details, three major themes as the characteristics of CR/HT teams are extracted as: (a) access and availability, (b) being understood as "normal" human beings, and (c) dealing with crises in an everyday life context.
Conclusions:
The findings suggest that the key positive characteristics of help in crisis situations are intrinsically tied to the values and principles undergirding CR/HT services. The commitment to community-based services, the philosophy of partnership, and user-empowerment seem to the base from which these three themes of positive experiences emerged.
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