Balancing community and hospital care: a case study of reforming mental health services in Georgia

Nino Makhashvili; Robert van Voren

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001366

Balancing community and hospital care: a case study of reforming mental health services in Georgia

PLoS Med. 2013;10(1):e1001366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001366. Epub 2013 Jan 8.

Authors

Nino Makhashvili¹, Robert van Voren

Affiliation

¹ Global Initiative on Psychiatry, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Abstract

As one article in an ongoing series on Global Mental Health Practice, Robert van Voren and Nino Makhashvili provide a case study from Georgia on mental health care reforms.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Community Mental Health Services / economics
Community Mental Health Services / standards*
Georgia (Republic)
Health Care Reform / economics
Health Care Reform / standards*
Hospitals, Psychiatric / economics
Hospitals, Psychiatric / standards*
Human Rights
Humans
Patient Care / standards*

Grants and funding

No specific funding was received for writing this manuscript.