Greek psychiatric care reform: new perspectives and challenges for community mental health nursing

The purpose of this article is twofold: (1) to explore the main issues of psychiatric care reform in Greece and outline the operating way of the new residential structures of psychiatric care and rehabilitation; and (2) to focus on the implementation of mental health nursing roles in the primary car...

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Published in:Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing 2006-02, Vol.13 (1), p.33-39
Main Authors: BELLALI, Th, KALAFATI, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community Health Nursing - organization & administration
Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Crisis Intervention - organization & administration
Deinstitutionalization
Greece
Halfway Houses - organization & administration
Health Care Reform - organization & administration
Humans
Mental Disorders - nursing
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
mental health
National Health Programs - organization & administration
Nurse's Role
Nursing
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Homes - organization & administration
nursing role
Organizational Innovation
Organizational Objectives
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
primary care
Primary Health Care - organization & administration
Program Development
psychiatric
Psychiatric Nursing - organization & administration
Rehabilitation, Vocational
Residential Treatment - organization & administration
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - organization & administration
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Summary:The purpose of this article is twofold: (1) to explore the main issues of psychiatric care reform in Greece and outline the operating way of the new residential structures of psychiatric care and rehabilitation; and (2) to focus on the implementation of mental health nursing roles in the primary care services such as supervisor‐therapist, liaison, coordinator‐crisis interventionist and counsellor‐trainer within the context of a multidisciplinary therapeutic team. Given that multiple professionals are involved in mental health care in primary care, issues of role are likely to be crucial to the effective implementation of new workers. Moreover, there is existing evidence of ambiguity in the roles of different mental health professionals in primary care, relating to the problems they manage and the treatments they provide. The authors believe that more emphasis needs to be given to the mental health nursing specialty in Greece, because the large majority of patients requiring mental health care should have the possibility of taking better quality of care as the psychiatric structures at community are continuously developing.
ISSN:1351-0126
1365-2850
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00909.x