Aging of severely mentally ill patients first admitted before or after the reorganization of psychiatric care in Sweden

Abstract Background The concept of deinstitutionalization started in the 1960s in the US to describe closing down or reducing the number of beds in mental hospitals. The same process has been going on in many countries but with different names and in various forms. In Europe, countries like Italy pr...

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Main Authors: Pia H. Bülow, Deborah Finkel, Monika Allgurin, Cristina Joy Torgé, Magnus Jegermalm, Marie Ernsth-Bravell, Per Bülow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:International Journal of Mental Health Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-022-00544-9