The Complementary Relationship Between Hospital and Community Psychiatry

What is it about?

Contrary to the received wisdom, community and hospital psychiatry appear to be complements, not substitutes.

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Why is it important?

For decades, researchers, advocates, and policy makers have presumed that expanding the supply of these services hinges on reducing the supply of hospital-based care. Cross-national data from the World Health Organization call this presumption into question.