W02.02 - Mental health services in Denmark. Where are people with schizoprenia treated in the danish national schizophrenia project?

Abstract

Mental health services in Denmark are rapidly changing in terms of heightened focus on outpatient and assertive treatment. Community mental health services are closely connected with inpatient treatment and comprises comprehensive services with easy accessability. There is a strict division between the responsability of mental health services and social services concerning the individual patient. This puts emphasis on the necessity to provide continuity and to coordinate services between the sectors. The changes in service delivery which has been taking place during the 10 years since the start of Danish National Schizophrenia project will be described and related to key issues of the treatment as usual.