Intensive case management was as effective as standard case management in severe psychotic illness

Cost-effectiveness of intensive v. standard case management for severe psychotic illness

Study sample Power calculations were not reported in the current study (reported in the clinical study see "Other Publications of Related Interest" below) for the effectiveness analysis, but were performed for the costing. The patients were identified by a review of the inpatient and outpatient registers at the study hospitals. In total, 708 patients were identified, but 41 were excluded from t...

Intensive Case Management for Severe Mental Illness

BACKGROUND Intensive Case Management (ICM) is a community-based package of care aiming to provide long-term care for severely mentally ill people who do not require immediate admission. Intensive Case Management evolved from two original community models of care, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Case Management (CM), where ICM emphasises the importance of small caseload (fewer than 20) a...

Reducing violence in severe mental illness: randomised controlled trial of intensive case management compared with standard care.

OBJECTIVES To establish whether intensive case management reduces violence in patients with psychosis in comparison with standard case management. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial with two year follow up. SETTING Four inner city community mental health services. PARTICIPANTS 708 patients with established psychotic illness allocated at random to intervention (353) or control (355) group....

Case Report: Recurrent Psychotic Illness after Abortion

In the world, a round 40 million abortions take place every year. The corresponding figure in India is 6 million per year (Rui, 1972). T h e termination of pregnancy under modern conditions is not without psychological morbidity. T h e various types of psychological reactions which have been reported in these patients include the presence of feeling of guilt, emotional instability, a changed at...

Review: low dose was as effective as standard dose tricyclic antidepressants in adults with depression.