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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thornicroft, Graham.

World Psychiatric Association.

Series:

World Psychiatric Association

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community mental health services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

section 1. Introduction

section 2. Implementation of community mental health services

section 3. Recommendations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613306845

9781283306843

1283306840

9781119952145

111995214X

9781119979203

111997920X

9781119979210

1119979218

OCLC:

757487550