Treatment involving patient's family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study finds
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Open Dialogue, a treatment approach involving patients' families and friends, reduced psychiatric hospital admissions threefold in a study of 500 crisis patients across five NHS trusts, with patients rating their recovery and quality of life significantly higher than those receiving standard care.
The trial found the approach did not reduce relapse rates, and critics call for further research into long-term effectiveness.
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