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Responding to the needs of the population suffering from severe mental disorders by a multifaceted territorial approach: Reorganization of the French mental health system
Author(s) -
Franck Nicolas,
Laforcade Michel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.12264
Subject(s) - mental health , psychosocial , rehabilitation , inclusion (mineral) , diversity (politics) , quality of life (healthcare) , population , structuring , psychology , quality (philosophy) , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , sociology , political science , social psychology , philosophy , environmental health , epistemology , neuroscience , anthropology , law
Organizing the management of severe mental disorders at the national level is a major challenge given the complexity of the disorders and the diversity of responses needed to address all the needs. A founding principle for the creation or development of measures consists in structuring care programs around functional and personal recovery, and not only clinical recovery. The fact that the French psychiatric field is currently being modernized by its missions being redefined within territorial mental health projects gives the opportunity to generalize these principles. This article illustrates how the creation of a hierarchical organization of psychosocial rehabilitation can (a) give more coherence to the part of the French mental health system, (b) improve the quality of care, and (c) promote social inclusion and recovery of people with severe mental disorders.