The Role Transition and Development Direction of the Psychiatric Day Hospital in General Hospital : Introduction of Day Intensive Care Center.
10.4306/jknpa.2013.52.1.17
- Author:
Yong Min AHN
1
;
Hyo Jung CHOI
;
Jae Wook HAN
;
Sun Joo JANG
;
In Kyoon LYOO
;
Jun Soo KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kwonjs@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
DICC;
Day hospital;
Early intervention
- MeSH:
Early Intervention (Education);
Hospitals, General;
Humans;
Critical Care;
Mental Health;
Mood Disorders;
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder;
Panic
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2013;52(1):17-25
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The role of the day hospital as a mediator between psychiatric ward admission and return to the community has been weakening in general hospitals. The purpose of this paper is to suggest new developmental directions for the day hospital in general hospitals. The history and the operation model of day hospitals were investigated through a bibliographic search. The national mental health care system and the operational realities of the day hospital were also reviewed. The Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) Day intensive care center (DICC) was introduced ; we then observed several indexes of the SNUH day hospital before and after the institution of DICC. The number of national community mental health care centers is increasing, and the role of this center is similar to the role of the day hospital. The SNUH day hospital invented a short-term intensive care program named DICC for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder, panic and mood disorders and showed marked increment of the number of patients and income after introduction of the DICC. There might be some benefits in introduction of the DICC to psychiatric day hospitals. The role of the DICC will be highlighted in general hospitals, not only for improvement of day hospital management, but also to help patients through early intervention.
