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Diagnosis, assessments and admissions from a community treatment team

Dacorum Community Treatment Team, St Paul's, Slippers Hill, off Allandale, Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP2 5XY

Geraldine H. O'Sullivan, Consultant Psychiatrist

Albany Lodge, St Albans, Herts

^* Correspondence

Aims and method A community treatment team, offering rapid assessment and intensive home treatment as an alternative to admission is described. The relationship between diagnosis and outcome was examined, in terms of initial ‘take on’ rates, admissions to in-patient areas at both initial assessment and subsequently.

Results There was a significant relationship between diagnosis and outcome, with marked variation between diagnostic categories.

Clinical implications Home treatment teams prevent admissions with the majority of people from all diagnostic groups, but less successfully with people with personality disorder.

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