Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of admissions to women's crisis houses compared with traditional psychiatric wards: pilot patient-preference randomised controlled trial

Background/Objectives: Alternative inpatient services for women in the UK have been developed which include women's crisis houses for women are not detained compulsorily. Women's crisis houses have been developed in the UK as a less stigmatising and less institutional alternative to traditional psychiatric wards and have been recommended by the UK Department of Health. We aimed to examine their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness compared with admissions to general adult psychiatric wards. Methods: Patient-preference randomised controlled trial with 3 month follow-up. Primary outcomes were level of functioning…