title: Community mental health teams for people with severe mental illnesses and disordered personality.
abstract: Closure of asylums and institutions for the mentally ill, coupled with government policies focusing on reducing the number of hospital beds for people with severe mental illness in favor of providing care in a variety of nonhospital settings, underpins the rationale behind care in the community. A major thrust toward community care has been the development of community mental health teams.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Services for Older People, Rotorua Hospital, Roturua, New Zealand. darren.malone@lakesdhb.govt.nz
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marriott
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Newton-Howes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simmonds
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tyrer
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D000078329:Workforce