CRISIS RESOLUTION AND HOME BASED TREATMENT  (CRHT)

There are large number of persons suffering from mental illness who, lack insight and do not feel the need to seek treatment despite being violent and aggressive and other myriad of reasons. Family members fail to convince them to seek treatment and come to the hospital. In order to fill this gap,   Parivartan  has been running CRHT Services since 2013 to provide treatment persons having mental health issues .Family and help in case of emergency situation for persons having mental health issues. Family members, relatives , friends or any resident of Tricity  (Chandigarh ,Panchkula and Mohali ) can avail these services by writing an application or through a call on mobile no 9888876632 .These services are provided to the following category of mentally ill patients.

Inclusion criteria for the service is as follows:

Any patient with mental illness having:

• Gross personal neglect leading to potential threat to life, which may be suspected to be related to mental illness; however patient is unwilling to come to hospital for treatment OR engage in treatment.
• PMI who is staying alone or all family members suffering with MI and there is no one to bring him for treatment to the hospital.
• PMI who is homeless and there is no one to bring him for treatment to the hospital.
• A non-compliant patient with a history of multiple relapses and in need of regular medication to prevent relapse and hospitalization.
• Patients (especially elderly) who are bed ridden and are unable to come to the hospital for treatment.

Total 472 families have been covered under this service till now. During the year 2021-22, 25 new cases enrolled under the service and a total of 165 visits were done for old as well as new cases. Additional 121 sessions were taken through tele-mode primarily for ensuring compliance with medication for the old cases enrolled under (CRHT) services.