Acute community Mental Health Services comprise of Home Treatment and Acute Day Treatment.
The Acute Community Services (Home Treatment and Acute Day Treatment) are based in Lisburn, Downpatrick and Newtownards. The Home Treatment Service is the gateway to acute mental health services within the Trust and provides a comprehensive assessment of need, together with a range of interventions for patients aged from 18-65 years of age experiencing mental health crisis.
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Home Treatment Team
The Home Treatment Team (HTT) is aimed at (but not limited to) patients with serious mental illness and provides intensive support at home to people who would otherwise be admitted to hospital.
Essentially a ‘hospital at home’ service, HTT is targeted at people who are acutely unwell and offers an alternative to hospital admission by providing treatment and support at home. HTT can reduce disruption experienced as a result of an unnecessary hospital admission; provide rapid response and early intervention; facilitate earlier discharge from inpatient care and; provide support to carers in a critical situation.
HTT is part of secondary mental health and part of the Acute Services within the Trust alongside the inpatient wards and acute day services. Acute wards are for people who cannot be cared for safely at and home and admission is usually determined by the HTT.