title: Psychiatric reform in Italy--how does it work in Piedmont?
abstract: Psychiatric reform in Piedmont following new mental health legislation in Italy (1978) is described. The process of reform is characterised by a drastic reduction in psychiatric hospital populations and the setting-up of a new system of community-based services. The number of hospital admissions remains stable, but the character of inpatient care has changed. The reform involves problems of care for chronic patients.
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012112:Residential Facilities