Deb Smith

TL;DR: Multi-site qualitative data suggests that ADUs provide a distinctive and valued contribution to acute care systems, and can avoid known problems associated with other forms of acute care, such as low user satisfaction, stressful ward environments, and little therapeutic input or positive peer contact.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated readmission rates, satisfaction and well-being outcomes for people using acute day units (ADUs) and CRTs and found that patients who accessed ADUs demonstrated better outcomes for satisfaction, wellbeing and depression, and no significant differences in risk of readmission compared with those who only used CRTs.

TL;DR: Service users who accessed ADUs demonstrated better outcomes for satisfaction, wellbeing, and depression, and no significant differences in risk of readmission compared to those who only used CRTs.

TL;DR: In this article, a national cohort of adults discharged from acute mental healthcare in the English National Health Service (NHS) between 2013 and 2015, determined the risk of readmission to either in-patient or crisis teams, and used multivariable, multilevel logistic models to evaluate predictors of readmissions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conducted 36 semi-structured interviews with service users, staff and carers at four acute day units (ADUs) in England, and found that both service users and staff provided generally positive accounts of using or working in ADUs, with structured programs that provide routine, meaningful group activities, and opportunities for peer contact and emotional, practical and peer support within a "safe" environment.