Asylum in the community

"Drawing on work in USA, Belgium, Spain, Ireland and England, contributors analyse psychiatric care outside the hospital from user and provider perspectives. Provides list of key elements that should be considered when developing services."@en
"In this century psychiatric hospitals have often come to be seen as places of incarceration rather than of true asylum for the mentally ill. At the same time there is a belief that community care policies have brought about a decline in the provision of asylum for some of the patients whose needs were previously met by the psychiatric hospital. This book opens up the debate about how far this is true. Based on an emperical examination of psychiatric care in the past and the present with an international focus, Asylum in the Community clearly defines the concept of asylum and shows how it can be provided effectively outside the hospital. Drawing on work in the USA, Belgium, Spain, Ireland and England, contributors analyse such services from both user and provider perspectives. From these analyses the editors establish the key elements that should be considered in developing contemporary community services for the mentally ill. Asylum in the Community offers a multidisciplinary approach to new directions in psychiatric care.; It provides a balanced assessment of a controversial, topical issue for managers and providers of mental health services and those teaching or training in the mental health services."@en