Community Mental Health: Putting Policy Into Practice Globally

by Robert E. Drake, Atalay Alem, Hiroto Ito, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119998654
• ISBN13: 9781119998655
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.6"