Designing Community Services for People With Borderline Personality Disorder to Reduce Hospitalizations

This study (N=42 patients), conducted in Liverpool, United Kingdom, reviewed the effect on out-of-area treatments (OATs) and hospital admissions of establishing a local case management team and a combined day treatment and crisis service for patients who are too dysregulated to access typical office-based psychotherapy. Data from 12, 24, and 36 months postintervention were compared with baseline data. All patients in OATs were repatriated to the local community. No new patients were sent to OATs. Admissions decreased (at 12 months, 49%; 24 months, 64%; 36 months, 74%), achieving savings in hospitalization costs. Moderate increases in the use and costs of some other services were observed.PMID:38369884 | DOI:10.1176/appi.ps.20230028

Source: Psychiatric Services - February 19, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Simon Graham Kathryn Gardner Ivan Sebalo Valerio Benedetto Andrew Clegg Abigail Thornton Source Type: research