Kwakwa J
Nurs Times. 1995;91(23):38-9.
With the reduction of mental health beds, new services are evolving to offer 24-hour intensive care in the community for those who would otherwise have been admitted. This paper describes the evaluation of the pilot community treatment team (CTT) in Cornwall over a two-year period. The findings suggested that a new client group gained access to the mental health services for the first time. The study identified the difficulties involved and subsequent failure in effecting a filtering mechanism to target those seriously mentally ill who are historically the most frequent users of the mental health services. The study also indicated the need to ensure continuity of care with other long-term community mental health teams.
随着心理健康病床数量的减少，新的服务正在不断发展，为那些原本会被收治的患者提供社区24小时重症护理。本文描述了对康沃尔郡试点社区治疗团队（CTT）为期两年的评估。研究结果表明，一个新的客户群体首次获得了心理健康服务。该研究确定了其中涉及的困难，以及随后在建立筛选机制以针对那些历史上最常使用心理健康服务的严重精神疾病患者方面的失败。该研究还表明，需要确保与其他长期社区心理健康团队的护理连续性。
