Becoming a Guest: On Proximity and Distance in Mental Health Home Treatment

dc.contributor.authorHochwarter, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorSchwarz, Julian
dc.contributor.authorMuehlensiepen, Felix
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Eric
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-13T08:07:37Z
dc.date.available2023-04-13T08:07:37Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractMental health home treatment is a service where patients with severe mental illnesses are visited by a multiprofessional psychiatric care team at their homes. In Germany, inpatient-equivalent home treatment as a specialized form of home treatment has been offered by hospitals since 2018. In its early stage, the shift of care activities out of the hospital toward the patient’s home opened up a new set of problems and blurred the existing boundaries. This ethnographic study follows two home treatment teams and provides an in-depth description of their work. The findings are presented by three themes from our data analysis: (i) closeness and familiarity; (ii) bridging the distance; and (iii) tensions of proximity and distance. We then discuss the findings with the guiding lens of Becoming a Guest, which refers to the ambiguity of proximity and distance. The contribution for computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) is twofold; on the one hand, we provide a detailed account of mental health home treatment, and on the other hand, we outline a conceptual model that helps to describe and analyze similar cases. We conclude the paper with directions for further research.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-022-09456-1
dc.identifier.pissn0925-9724
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4655
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer, London
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work, Vol. 32
dc.relation.ispartofseriesECSCW
dc.subjectDistance
dc.subjectGuest
dc.subjectEthnography
dc.subjectHealth care
dc.subjectHome treatment
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectProximity
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.titleBecoming a Guest: On Proximity and Distance in Mental Health Home Treatmenten
dc.typeText/Journal Article
gi.conference.dateJune 5-9, 2023
gi.conference.locationTrondheim, Norway
gi.conference.sessiontitleFull Papers
mci.conference.reviewfull

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