The Swedish Mental Health System
| Autor: | Edna Kamis-Gould, Helena Silfverhielm |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Mental health law
Economic growth medicine.medical_specialty business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention MEDLINE Social Welfare Mental health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Psychiatry and Mental health State (polity) Health care medicine Quality (business) Business Psychiatry Law media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 23:293-307 |
| ISSN: | 0160-2527 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0160-2527(00)00039-x |
| Popis: | In sum, the evolution, strengths, and weaknesses of the Swedish mental health system are quite similar to mental health systems in other Western countries; early reliance on stand-alone, state psychiatric hospitals, followed by deinstitutionalization and development of largely ambulatory, community mental health care. This evolution has been complicated in Sweden by the multiple levels and system components, the state, the county councils and the municipalities. Unlike the United States, but similar to Britain, community mental health care in Sweden is provided by two systems; treatment (and forensic services) by the county councils' mental health providers, and generic services by the municipalities' social welfare system. The resulting division of roles and responsibilities creates a strong need for collaboration and coordination of activities on behalf of consumers. It can also have the unintended disincentives to serving more difficult consumers. All these difficulties not withstanding, the Swedish mental health system has made major stride in providing quality, appropriate care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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