title: Community mental health centres initiated by the South-Eastern Europe Stability Pact: evaluation in seven countries.
abstract: Eight community mental health care centres (initiated by the South-Eastern Europe Stability Pact) in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Romania were evaluated. Characteristics of patients, patient reported outcomes and patient views of care were assessed in 305 psychiatric patients. Patient characteristics varied across centres, with most patients having long term psychotic disorders. Treatment satisfaction and therapeutic relationships were rated favourably. Subjective quality of life mean scores were rather low, with higher satisfaction with health and dissatisfaction with the financial and employment situation. Being unemployed was the only factor associated with poor quality of life and lower treatment satisfaction. Most developing centres target patients with persistent psychotic disorders. Care appears highly valued by the patients. The findings encourage establishing more centres in the region and call for employment schemes for people with mental illnesses.
authors: Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, Newham Centre for Mental Health, London, UK. s.priebe@qmul.ac.uk
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Priebe
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Matanov
authors: Neli
authors: N
authors: Demi
authors: Joka
authors: J
authors: Blagovcanin Simic
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Jovanovic
authors: Milena
authors: M
authors: Gajic
authors: Elizabeta
authors: E
authors: Radonic
authors: Stojan
authors: S
authors: Bajraktarov
authors: Larisa
authors: L
authors: Boderscova
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Konatar
authors: Raluca
authors: R
authors: Nica
authors: Matthijs
authors: M
authors: Muijen
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