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CMHC Adherence to National Mental Health Plan Standards in Italy: A Survey 30 Years After National Reform Law

Carmine Munizza, M.D., Raffaella Gonella, Ph.D., Luca Pinciaroli, D.Psych., Paola Rucci, D.Stat., Rocco L. Picci, M.D., and Giuseppe Tibaldi, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 62, Number 9
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.9.pss6209_1090
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Abstract

Objective:

The PROG-CSM (Progetto Centri di Salute Mentale) survey was conducted in all Italian community mental health centers (CMHCs) with the aim of evaluating the extent to which these services adhered to the standards defined by the Italian National Mental Health Plan 1998–2000.

Methods:

The policy recommendations of the Italian National Mental Health Plan were translated by a multidisciplinary group of experts into key indicators, including continuity of care, coordination with other community-based services, accessibility, implementation of specific programs, and provision of care.

Results:

There was high adherence to the standards of the National Mental Health Plan in continuity of care and coordination with other services, but there were lower levels of accessibility and implementation of specific projects.

Conclusions:

CMHCs were sufficiently developed throughout Italy, and continuity of care and service coordination levels were satisfactory; however, adherence to the standards was unrelated to the duration of activity of the CMHCs. (Psychiatric Services 62:1090–1093, 2011)

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Table 1 Characteristics of 636 community mental health centers (CMHCs) in Italy

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Psychiatric Services
Volume 62 • Number 9 • September 2011
Pages: 1090 - 1093
PubMed: 21885590

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Published in print: September 2011
Published online: 14 January 2015

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Carmine Munizza, M.D.
Dr. Munizza, Dr. Gonella, Dr. Pinciaroli, and Dr. Tibaldi are with Centro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria, Torino, Italy.
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Raffaella Gonella, Ph.D.
Dr. Munizza, Dr. Gonella, Dr. Pinciaroli, and Dr. Tibaldi are with Centro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria, Torino, Italy.
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Luca Pinciaroli, D.Psych.
Dr. Munizza, Dr. Gonella, Dr. Pinciaroli, and Dr. Tibaldi are with Centro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria, Torino, Italy.
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Paola Rucci, D.Stat.
Dr. Rucci is with the Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Rocco L. Picci, M.D.
Dr. Picci is with the Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
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Giuseppe Tibaldi, M.D.
Dr. Munizza, Dr. Gonella, Dr. Pinciaroli, and Dr. Tibaldi are with Centro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria, Torino, Italy.
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Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Rucci, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Bologna, Via San Giacomo 12, 40126 Bologna, Italy (e-mail: [email protected]).

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