Psychiatric worker and family members: pathways towards co-operation networks within psychiatric assistance services

The family’s role in patient care was greatly altered by Law 180. This law, introduced in Italy in 1978, led to a gradual phasing out of custodial treatment for psychiatric patients. This different mindset, which views the family as an alternative to institutionalization, leads to it being seen as a...

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Main Author: Silvia Carbone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing 2014-03-01
Series:Mental Illness
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/mi/article/view/5142