[Intensive home treatment of adolescents in crisis: treat the parents along with 'psychiatric' adolescents].

Objective: To investigate whether a new intensive home treatment (IHT) model for adolescents with psychiatric problems is more effective or more efficient than previous treatment methods involving long-term clinical admission.

Design: Descriptive, retrospective study.

Method: The previous treatment model for adolescents in crisis consisted of clinical admission for 6 months or longer.