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Systems of Psychiatric Care: Principles and Desiderata of Good Services

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Systems of psychiatric care can be conceived of as complex, multi-dimensional frameworks or matrices which do not exist in isolation but are firmly rooted in and influenced by prevailing mores, political climate and culture. Any analysis of the principles and desiderata of good services therefore needs to examine the relationships between the different layers of national policy, regional support and local implementation of service delivery; between the different sectors of health care, social care, housing, social security benefits and the criminal justice system; between the complicated infrastructure of primary, secondary and tertiary care; between research, evidence-based medicine and education and training; and between the different strands of resource allocation, particularly public and sector funding and contributions from the voluntary sector.

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Jenkins, R., Kessler, R., Leaf, P., Scott, J. (2001). Systems of Psychiatric Care: Principles and Desiderata of Good Services. In: Henn, F., Sartorius, N., Helmchen, H., Lauter, H. (eds) Contemporary Psychiatry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59519-6_34

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