title: [Community psychiatry in Offenbach--a short-cut for local psychiatric service].
abstract: The question as to whether psychiatric units in district general hospitals can replace the existing large mental hospitals, is still controversial. Recently, this issue was discussed in a governmental report on the reform of the psychiatric services in the Federal Republic of Germany. It has been shown by the example of the community-orientated comprehensive mental health care system of the city of Offenbach, that a psychiatric unit of 80 beds is capable of handling and managing the district responsibilities of a defined area of 110.000 inhabitants, provided qualified and sufficient complementary and outpatient service facilities are available, especially for the chronically ill patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrischen Klinik der Städt. Kliniken, Offenbach, Main.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends*; D005860:Germany, West; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Kommunale Psychiatrie in Offenbach--ein schneller Weg zum gemeindepsychiatrischen Verbund.