The Modena Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry Service, Italy

University psychiatry in Italy. Organisation and integration of university clinics and the National Health Service.

INTRODUCTION In the Italian psychiatric system, community-based care has become increasingly important and widespread since the national reform of 1978. This report aims to provide an overview of the involvement of university medical schools in this process, considering their responsibility for teaching and training specialist practitioners and professionals. METHODS The study was carried out...

Health and Safety Concerns of Migrant Workers: the Experience of Tunisian Workers in Modena, Italy

This paper examines the relatively under-researched field of health and safety of migrant workers, with special reference to Tunisian construction workers in the city of Modena in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The empirical material comes from questionnaires and interviews with Tunisian migrants, plus smaller numbers of interviews with employers and trade union representatives in Modena...

The legal psychiatry consultation service: a new service model for "forensic" psychiatry.

The healthcare service in Italy: regional variability.

The Italian health system is highly decentralized, with most administrative and organizational powers governed by Regions and rather limited powers at national level. The state has full control over the definition of the core benefit package (LEA) but there is evidence that the actual provision of these services varies greatly across Regions.

Nurse-led liaison psychiatry service for older adults: service evaluation

recognition of psychosomatic disorders. Liaison psychiatry demands a different set of specialised skills to those required in general adult psychiatry. The liaison psychiatrist must be adept at assessing relevant physical findings in addition to mental state, at engaging individuals with somatic presentations of psychiatric illness and at managing those with psychiatric and physical comorbidity...