Published : 2021-12-30

The role of mobile crisis teams in preventing hospitalization in the community model of psychiatric care

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The emergence of mobile teams is associated with the reform of psychiatric health care and a change in the treatment model from providing care in large psychiatric hospitals to activities implemented at the local community level. Mobile teams complement the basic model with services that reach people who, without their support, might not receive help, which makes them a very important and innovative element of the community model of psychiatric care, playing a leading role in the recovery process of people experiencing a mental crisis. The main goal of the activity of mobile teams is to mobilize people with the experience of mental crisis to solve their problems in situations where it is possible and achievable. The article presents the historical and cultural context along with the role of mobile teams in psychiatric care. The benefits of providing assistance directly in the client's environment are presented, and the tasks of mobile teams and their cooperation with the social environment and healing assistants are characterized.

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emergence of mobile teams, mental health, mental health care, mental health crisis, peer support, environmental model of psychiatric care



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Bartosiewicz-Niziołek, M., Błasiak, Łukasz ., Olszewski, B., Ostrowska, M. ., & Wojciechowska, A. . (2021). The role of mobile crisis teams in preventing hospitalization in the community model of psychiatric care . Studia Psychologica: Theoria Et Praxis, 21(2), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.21697/sp.2021.21.2.02

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