General teams in psychiatry [Refreshment]

The past three decades in the UK have seen a prolonged experiment in community mental healthcare that has attempted to address the problem of the disgorgement of institutional psychiatry into a poorly prepared community service. The effectiveness of new ‘functionalised’ service models is considered, together with a reminder of the fundamental components of community mental healthcare and a statement of the principles that should inform future service models.

Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - January 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fear, C. F. Tags: Refreshment Source Type: research