ArticleWorld psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA)2016
Community mental health care worldwide: current status and further developments.
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131 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 351 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluating the impact of pharmacists in outpatient mental health settings: a systematic review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Pooled it
- Transition of Mental Health Services from Institutional to Community-Based Care Abroad and Its Context for Slovenia-Advantages and Risks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Stigma in Young People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health services: A systematic review.Journal of psychiatric research · 2022Pooled it
- Exploring the effectiveness of family-based interventions for psychosis in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000-2019: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis.PLoS medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to implementation of evidence-based task-sharing mental health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review using implementation science frameworks.Implementation science : IS · 2022Pooled it
- The effectiveness of adapted psychological interventions for people from ethnic minority groups: A systematic review and conceptual typology.Clinical psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- EPA guidance on the quality of mental health services: A systematic meta-review and update of recommendations focusing on care coordination.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2020Pooled it
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- "Courtesy stigma": associative stigma experienced by Indonesian mental health nurses working in a psychiatric setting: a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- Assessing the Needs of Community Mental Health Service Users with Chronic Physical Health Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Qualitative accounts of community health workers providing and shaping mental health support in climate-vulnerable communities in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Substance Use Severity, Autonomy, and Service Utilization Across Psychiatric Care Pathways in Romania: A Cross-Sectional Service Evaluation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- "I'm Not a Therapist-I Am a Streamer": An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Twitch Partners' Experience of Mental Health Within Their Communities.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Basaglia: the psychiatrist as intellectual, theoretician, and activist for a dialogic citizen psychiatry.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Linking Perceived Hospital-Generated Content to Psychological Well-Being Through Integrated Cognitive and Emotional Resilience Mechanisms Among Emerging Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Predictors of the use of community mental health services.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Quality in Community Mental Health Care. From the Perspectives of Patients, Next-of-kin, and Healthcare Professionals.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
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Abstract
This paper aims to give an overview of the key issues facing those who are in a position to influence the planning and provision of mental health systems, and who need to address questions of which staff, services and sectors to invest in, and for which patients. The paper considers in turn: a) definitions of community mental health care; b) a conceptual framework to use when evaluating the need for hospital and community mental health care; c) the potential for wider platforms, outside the health service, for mental health improvement, including schools and the workplace; d) data on how far community mental health services have been developed across different regions of the world; e) the need to develop in more detail models of community mental health services for low- and middle-income countries which are directly based upon evidence for those countries; f) how to incorporate mental health practice within integrated models to identify and treat people with comorbid long-term conditions; g) possible adverse effects of deinstitutionalization. We then present a series of ten recommendations for the future strengthening of health systems to support and treat people with mental illness.
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