Examples of the Good Practice of the Organizational Model of Mental Health – The Tuscan Model
Examples of the Good Practice of the Organizational Model of Mental Health – The Tuscan Model

Author(s): Paolo Serra
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Summary/Abstract: The principle inspiring the Tuscan model of the organization of mental health services characterizes its articulation in the dimension of community, with the aim of promoting health by activating the resources and competences of the community concerned, in the service of changing the actual treatment needs wihout the answers that are strictly determined in advance. The services are oriented to each psychiatric illness and each patient age, with direct access from the primary level of health care. Their main task is to provide care and rehabilitation services, including prevention.

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