Background Health and care services are becoming increasingly strained and healthcare
authorities worldwide are investing in integrated care in the hope of delivering higher-quality …

The aim of the present article is to review QoL scales used in studies investigating patients
with schizophrenia over the past 5 years, and to summarize the results of QoL assessment in …

Care and outcomes for people with schizophrenia have improved in recent years, but further
progress is needed to help more individuals achieve an independent and fulfilled life. This …

Background Many countries have over the last few years incorporated mental health
assertive interventions in an attempt to address the repercussions of deinstitutionalization …

The ACCESS-model offers integrated care including assertive community treatment to
patients with psychotic disorders. ACCESS proved more effective compared to standard …

Anliegen: Sektorübergreifende Versorgungsmodelle wie das Regionalbudget und die
integrierte Versorgung wurden geschaffen, um die Fragmentierung psychiatrischer …

Objective: The ACCESS treatment model offers assertive community treatment (ACT)
embedded in an integrated care program to patients with severe psychotic disorders …

Psychotherapy is an effective and often highly cost-effective medical intervention for many
serious psychiatric conditions. Psychotherapy can also lead to savings in other medical and …

Background: A central question for the organisation of mental health care is whether the
same clinicians should be responsible for a patient's care across inpatient and outpatient …

Introduction Psychotic disorders have a significant impact on patients' lives and their
families, and long-term treatment with individually tailored multimodal combinations of …