The many significant changes that have come about in the mental
health service of different countries in the last two decades have
made administrative and political decision making in the
distribution of care services a much more hazardous business. In
the United States, for example, the number of occupied psychiatric
beds fell from 550,000 in 1955 to 190,000 in 1977. England and
Wales experienced similar if less pronounced changes, while in the
Federal Republic of Germany the same trend became apparent some
five years ago, although here the initial hospitalisation rates
were lower. Enquiry into the real needs for various forms of mental
health care, especially the need for hospital beds, for places in
homes and hostels, and for specialist out-patient treatment, has
now become a funda mental aim of research in social psychiatry. To
achieve this goal by epi demiological concepts and methods,
including the investigation of true morbidity rates and the
estimation of the related need for care, must be used."
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
July 1979 |
First published: |
1979 |
Editors: |
Heinz Hafner
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Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
138 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-540-09425-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
General
|
LSN: |
3-540-09425-3 |
Barcode: |
9783540094258 |
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