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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.

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The trial found the approach did not reduce relapse rates, and critics call for further research into long-term effectiveness.

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