Deinstitutionalization in Europe: two recent examples from Germany and Hungary
Stubnya, Gáv.; Nagy, Zán.; Lammers, C-Hinrich.; Rihmer, Zán.; Bitter, Ián.
Psychiatria Danubina 22(3): 406-412
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0353-5053 PMID: 20856183 Document Number: 647084
Deinstitutionalization has made possible the development of modern community psychiatric services, however radical decrease in the number of hospital beds may result in a reduction in the overall standard of psychiatric care and disruptions in service delivery. The authors present an example of deinstitutionalisation in Hungary, which led to serious difficulties in the provision of healthcare in the field of psychiatry, contrasted with a case from Germany serving as an example of an alternative solution.