Thirty-five years of community psychiatry in Italy

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 432-439

  Ferrannini, Luigi ^a   Ghio, Lucio ^b   Gibertoni, Dino ^c   Lora, Antonio ^d   Tibaldi, Giuseppe ^e   Neri, Giovanni ^f   Piazza, Antonella ^a   Voller, Fabio ^g   Vivaldelli, Alfredo ^a   Gaddini, Andrea ^h   Giupponi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a Department of Mental Health ASL3 ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ASLTO2   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g Tuscany Public Health Agency   (Italy)

^h Lazio Public Health Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Mental health legislation; Mental health policy; Mental health services; Mental health system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902171269     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000141     Document Type: Article

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