Crisis Resolution Home Treatment launched

As part of the implementation of the National Mental Health Strategy 2020-2030, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health today launched “Crisis Resolution Home Treatment”, a new mental health care service in homes. patients

Deputy Prime Minister Fearne explained how the team offering this service is based in a separate, renovated building, adjacent to Mount Carmel Hospital, however the work of this team, which is made up of 11- the professional, will be done in patients ’homes. He explained that the teams, led by Dr David Cassar and Dr Maria Axiak, will be working with patients with acute mental health problems, and that this same accessible treatment may prevent hospitalization. Mount Carmel hospital. In fact, it is estimated that about a third of acute cases can be prevented by hospitalization through this new service.