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Psychiatric Reform in Italy—How does it Work in Piedmont?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Thomas Becker
Thomas Becker*
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Neurologische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, Ortenberg-strasse 8, D-3550 Marburg/Lahn, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

Psychiatric reform in Piedmont following new mental health legislation in Italy (1978) is described. The process of reform is characterised by a drastic reduction in psychiatric hospital populations and the setting-up of a new system of community-based services. The number of hospital admissions remains stable, but the character of inpatient care has changed. The reform involves problems of care for chronic patients.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 254 - 260
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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