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Section 1: The need for alternatives

Why have alternatives to admission?

Section 1: Recap 1

Why have alternatives? Summary

What alternatives are possible?

Section 1: Recap 2

What alternatives are possible? Summary

Who needs admitting?

Section 1: Recap 3

Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Crisis resolution and home treatment

Team planning

Section 2: Recap 1

Team structure

Section 2: Recap 2

Team worker characteristics

Section 2: Recap 3

Team functions

Team base

Service integration

Troubleshooting in teams

Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Background theory

What is a crisis?

The common origins of crises

Crisis intervention

Individuals and social networks

Section 3: Recap 1

What are social systems?

Map of a social network

Section 3: Recap 2

Crises for crisis resolution and home treatment

Social factors and admission

Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Assessment

Gatekeeping

The story so far

Section 4: Recap 1

What information to ask for when a call comes in

What information to ask for when a call comes in: Summary

Three phone calls

Getting more information

Case study

Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Intervention

The ward on wheels

Practical problems

Section 5: Recap 1

Social system interventions

Short-term changes

Long-term changes

Social systems meetings

The individual and the group

Enabling early discharge

Section 5: Summary

 

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