ArticleJournal of neurosciences in rural practice
Mental Healthcare Delivery in Rural Greece: A 10-year Account of a Mobile Mental Health Unit.
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- The mental health care system for children and adolescents in Greece: a review and structure assessment.Frontiers in health services · 2024Review
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- Vaccination rates against COVID-19 in patients with severe mental illness attending community mental health services in rural Greece.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2023Article
- Lived experiences: a focus group pilot study within the MentALLY project of mental healthcare among European users.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- Gambling Problems in Patients with Psychotic Disorders in Rural Greece.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2020Article
- Mental Health Care Delivery for Older Adults in Rural Greece: Unmet Needs.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionPatients living in rural and remote areas may have limited access to mental healthcare due to lack of facilities and socioeconomic reasons, and this is the case of rural areas in Eastern Europe countries. In Greece, community mental health service delivery in rural areas has been implemented through the development of the Mobile Mental Health Units (MMHUs).
methodsWe present a 10-year account of the operation of the MMHU of the prefectures of Ioannina and Thesprotia (MMHU I-T) and report on the impact of the service on mental health delivery in the catchment area. The MMHU I-T is a multidisciplinary community mental health team which delivers services in rural and mountainous areas of Northwest Greece.
resultsThe MMHU I-T has become an integral part of the local primary care system and is well known to the population of the catchment area. By the end of 2016, the majority of patients (60%) were self-referred or family-referred, compared to 24% in the first 2 years. Currently, the number of active patients is 293 (mean age 63 years, 49.5% are older adults), and the mean caseload for each member of the team is 36.6. A significant proportion of patients (28%) receive care with regular domiciliary visits, and the provision of home-based care was correlated with the age of the patients. Within the first 2 years of operation of the MMHU I-T hospitalizations of treatment, engaged patients were reduced significantly by 30.4%, whereas the treatment engagement rates of patients with psychotic disorders were 67.2% in 5 years.
conclusionsThe MMHU I-T and other similar units in Greece are a successful paradigm of a low-cost service which promotes mental health in rural, remote, and deprived areas. This model of care may be informative for clinical practice and health policy given the ongoing recession and health budget cuts. It suggests that rural mental healthcare may be effectively delivered by integrating generic community mental health mobile teams into the primary care system.
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