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Changing patterns of mental health care in Greece (1984–1996)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2020

M.G. Madianos ,
J. Tsiantis  and
C. Zacharakis
M.G. Madianos*
Affiliation:
School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing University of Athens and University Mental Health Research Institute, Monitoring and Evaluation of Mental Health Services Unit, Athens
J. Tsiantis
Affiliation:
Medical School, University of Athens – Department of Psychological Paediatrics, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children's Hospital Athens
C. Zacharakis
Affiliation:
Monitoring and Evaluation of Mental Health Services Unit, University Mental Health Research, Institute, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece
*
*Correspondence and reprints: Professor M.G. Madianos, Monitoring and Evaluation of Mental Health Services Unit, University Mental Health Research Institute, Eginition Hospital, 72-74 Vas. Sophias Ave. GR 115 28 Athens, Greece
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Summary

Greece joined the European Community in 1981 and, three years later, the Commission of the European Communities provided financial and technical assistance under EEC Regulation 815/84 for the modernisation of the traditional psychiatric care system, with the emphasis on decentralisation of mental health services and the development of community-based services, as well as on deinstutionalization of long-stay patients and improvement of conditions in public mental hospitals. Over the last 11 years, the implementation of the EEC Reg. 815/84 programme contributed to a significant shift towards extramural care and rehabilitation. The role of the large mental hospitals has gradually been diminished and a large number of long-stay patients have been deinstitutionalised. It is commonly accepted that the EEC-funded psychiatric reform programme, despite inadequacies and constraints, had an impact on the changing mental health scene in Greece.

Keywords

decentralisationdeinstitutionalisationlong-stay patientsmental health care delivery systempsychiatric care
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European Psychiatry News
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 14 , Issue 8 , December 1999 , pp. 462 - 467
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS 1999

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