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The reform of psychiatric care in Greece: 1983-1989

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

D Sarantidis ,
V Kladouchos ,
J Tripodianakis ,
R Giel  and
P Munk-Jorgensen
D Sarantidis
Affiliation:
Evangelismos General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Ipsilantou 45, Athens106 76Greece
V Kladouchos
Affiliation:
Evangelismos General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Ipsilantou 45, Athens106 76Greece
J Tripodianakis
Affiliation:
Evangelismos General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Ipsilantou 45, Athens106 76Greece
R Giel
Affiliation:
University of Groningen, Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands
P Munk-Jorgensen
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Skovagervej 2, DK-8240, Risskov, Denmark

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We have attempted to evaluate quantitative changes in the mental health delivery system in Greece, dictated by a fiveyear program to reform psychiatric care. By the end of the program, a number of psychiatric units in general hospitals, as well as community mental health centres, had been created, while the number of beds in psychiatric hospitals have been significantly reduced. Mental health services have become more accessible to the population, and served more patients. However, not all the objectives of the program have been met. Only about half of the initially proposed number of beds in the psychiatric units in general hospitals have been actually developed. The catchment area, a basic pre-requisite of the program, has not been put into effect. Finally, the noticeable trend towards a restriction of the role of psychiatric hospitals did not coincide with the development of adequate new services.

Keywords

Mental Health ServicesGreece
Type
Editorial
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 6 , 1992 , pp. 251 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1992

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