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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822267603321

Titolo

Community mental health : putting policy into practice globally / / Graham Thornicroft ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

ISBN

1-283-30684-0

9786613306845

1-119-95214-X

1-119-97920-X

1-119-97921-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

World Psychiatric Association

Altri autori (Persone)

ThornicroftGraham

Disciplina

362.2

Soggetti

Community mental health services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Introduction -- section 2. Implementation of community mental health services -- section 3. Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

There are wide inconsistencies between, and even within, countries in how community-orientated care is defined and interpreted. The analysis presented in this book take as a starting point an evidence-based balanced care model in which services are provided in community settings close to the populations served, with hospital stays being reduced as far as possible, usually located in acute wards in general hospitals. The surprising conclusion from the research is that the same problems arise in all countries, regardless of resource status, and thus the recommendations of this book apply to ment