Project Summary

The de-insititutionalization process of psychiatric care in Romania is characterized by a lack of community-based services. These services are needed to provide the necessary follow up and maintenance care to patients who have been dismissed by the psychiatric institutions. This situation results in a vicious cycle of psychiatric patients who, after being released by psychiatric institutions, are neglected by society and subsequently relapse. Too many “social cases” and mentally handicapped are involved in chronic psychiatric treatment.

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