What is it about?
We study two different ways of organising community mental health systems. The system where beds are available locally (instead of at a centralized mental hospital) had lower rates of coercion.
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Why is it important?
It is a goal to reduce rates of coercion. Service organisation may be an important factor.
Perspectives
Having beds available near where people live may be a good way to organize psychiatric services.
Professor Rolf Wynn
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
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This page is a summary of: Local psychiatric beds appear to decrease the use of involuntary admission: a case-registry study, BMC Health Services Research, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-64.
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