Crisis Hostel: An Alternative to Psychiatric Hospitalization for Emergency Patients
Abstract
For five months the crisis intervention division of the Fort Logan Mental Health Center admitted all emergency patients who needed inpatient care to a small crisis hostel in the community. The hostel had no formal residential staffing, and neighbors helped with the program; stays were limited to seven days. When compared with a control group receiving regular inpatient care, the 49 hostel patients had much lower inpatient-readmission rates and comparable ratings on 11 of 12 other outcome measures.
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