(from the chapter) present a brief review of the main features of mental hospitals /// discuss community psychiatry and alternative community services, the rationale for the suggested shift from the hospital-based to the community-based system of care /// present the Italian experience of moving toward a comprehensive, integrated, alternative system of community care without mental hospitals /// South-Verona Community Psychiatry Service (CPS) will be described, and some data and material relevant to clinical practice, derived from our experience in coping with the problems that emerge when treating the whole range of psychiatric patients in the community, will be presented ((c) 1997 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)
From mental hospitals to alternative community services
TANSELLA, Michele;ZIMMERMANN, Christa
1988-01-01
Abstract
(from the chapter) present a brief review of the main features of mental hospitals /// discuss community psychiatry and alternative community services, the rationale for the suggested shift from the hospital-based to the community-based system of care /// present the Italian experience of moving toward a comprehensive, integrated, alternative system of community care without mental hospitals /// South-Verona Community Psychiatry Service (CPS) will be described, and some data and material relevant to clinical practice, derived from our experience in coping with the problems that emerge when treating the whole range of psychiatric patients in the community, will be presented ((c) 1997 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.