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Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2/2007

01-03-2007 | SPECIAL ISSUE - EDITORIAL

Mental health in Europe: a long road ahead

Authors: Giovanni de Girolamo, Giovanni Neri

Published in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Issue 2/2007

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Mental health care in Europe underwent profound changes in the last 30 years. Almost everywhere in the western European countries hospital-based care has been downsized and a concurrent increase in various forms of community care has taken place. Despite this general trend, many cross-country differences are visible: they concern the extent of the reduction in size and importance of mental hospitals, the setting up of community-based services and the parallel change in staff training, as professional resources are ultimately the crucial factor for granting a different model of treatment and care. …
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Title
Mental health in Europe: a long road ahead
Authors
Giovanni de Girolamo
Giovanni Neri
Publication date
01-03-2007
Publisher
Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-006-0692-0

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