Psychiatrische Praxis
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Psychiatrische Praxis · Nov 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Acute psychiatric day hospital treatment: is the effectiveness of this treatment approach still questionable?].
Currently, there is still a severe lack of methodologically sound empirical studies on acute psychiatric day hospital treatment in German-speaking countries that analyse the effectiveness of this increasingly important mode of service provision. ⋯ For the first time in German-speaking countries, this study provides evidence for the effectiveness of acute day hospital treatment as compared to conventional inpatient treatment. If detailed eligibility criteria for patients are used as defined here, approximately 30 % of the general psychiatric patients in need of acute hospital-based treatment may be cared for in this special mode of day hospital service provision.