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Community-based mental health care

In: Research Handbook on Society and Mental Health

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  • René Keet

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Community mental health is an integrated approach to mental health care that uses social resources to ensure that people with mental health problems have the right to accessible care and are supported in their own environment to work on their recovery. This chapter provides an overview of community mental health as set forth by the European Community Mental Health Service providers network (EUCOMS, www.eucoms.net ). EUCOMS describes community mental health from six perspectives: ethics, public health, recovery, effectiveness, community network and peer expertise perspectives. They focus on human rights as the foundation of community mental health, the promotion of mental health at the population level, recovery tailored to the client's personal journey, wishes, and talents, evidence-based medicine for recovery, interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration and the lived experience of persons with mental ill health as a resource of expertise.

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  • René Keet, 2022. "Community-based mental health care," Chapters, in: Marta Elliott (ed.), Research Handbook on Society and Mental Health, chapter 27, pages 482-493, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20327_27
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