Michael Davidson

TL;DR: The findings suggest that peer-delivered self-management reduces readmission to acute care, although admission rates were lower than anticipated and confidence intervals were relatively wide.

TL;DR: The peer-provided self-management intervention is an effective means to reduce relapse rates for people leaving CRT care and showed potential promise as a means to increase CRT model fidelity and reduce inpatient service use.

TL;DR: The majority of NHS Trusts do not provide ADUs, despite their potential to reduce inpatient admissions, and further research of ADUs is required to establish their effectiveness and acceptability to service users, carers, and staff.

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: Acute day unit participants had higher satisfaction and well-being scores and lower depression scores than crisis resolution team participants, and service users found the high amount of contact time and staff continuity, peer support and structure provided by acute day units particularly beneficial.