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Therapy Begins at Home: The Psychiatric House Call
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Therapy Begins at Home: The Psychiatric House Call

Abstract

The house call is a valuable but underused component of community psychiatric care. A review of home visits conducted by the staff of a community mental health service over a 12 month period identified four situations in which a home visit is useful: getting reluctant patients to enter therapy, conducting a comprehensive assessment, strengthening a support network, and maintaining patients in the community when their condition has deteriorated. Making psychiatric house calls requires some additional skills on the part of therapists and offers residents valuable training experience.

Authors

Kates N; Webb S; Lepage P

Journal

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 673–676

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

January 1, 1991

DOI

10.1177/070674379103600909

ISSN

0706-7437

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