Community mental health teams (CMHTs) for people with severe mental illnesses and disordered personality
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Community mental health teams for people with severe mental illnesses and disordered personality.
BACKGROUND Closure of asylums and institutions for the mentally ill, coupled with government policies focusing on reducing the number of hospital beds for people with severe mental illness in favor of providing care in a variety of nonhospital settings, underpins the rationale behind care in the community. A major thrust toward community care has been the development of community mental health ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd000270.pub2