TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Reducing violence in severe mental illness: randomised controlled trial of intensive case management compared with standard care
JO  - British medical journal: BMJ
A1  - Walsh, E.
A1  - Gilvarry, C.
A1  - Samele, C.
A1  - Harvey, K.
A1  - Manley, C.
A1  - Tyrer, P.
A1  - Creed, Francis H.
A1  - Murray, R.
A1  - Fahy, T.
SP  - 1093
EP  - 1096
VL  - 323
IS  - 7321
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To establish whether intensive case management reduces violence in patients with psychosis in comparison with standard case management. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial with two year follow up. SETTING: Four inner city community mental health services. PARTICIPANTS: 708 patients with established psychotic illness allocated at random to intervention (353) or control (355) group. INTERVENTION: Intensive case management (caseload 10-15 per case manager) for two years compared with standard case management (30-35 per case manager). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Physical assault over two years measured by interviews with patients and case managers and examination of case notes. RESULTS: No significant reduction in violence was found in the intensive case management group compared with the control group (22.7% v 21.9%, P=0.86). CONCLUSIONS: Intensive case management does not reduce the prevalence of violence in psychotic patients in comparison with standard care.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-8138
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -