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ArticleBJPsych international2019

Current challenges for psychiatry in Greece.

Nikos G Christodoulou, Konstantinos Kollias

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Article in BJPsych international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nikos G ChristodoulouConsultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, Queens Medical Centre, UK.
Konstantinos KolliasAssociate Professor in Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psychiatry in Greece is undergoing a prolonged reform. Deinstitutionalisation is at an advanced stage and there are active efforts to support primary care and community psychiatry, and to establish local administration of services in each sector of the country (i.e. the equivalent of Mental Health Trusts in the UK). Quality assurance and continuing professional development require further development, as do a series of other issues pertaining to the day-to-day clinical practice of psychiatrists. Recent economic difficulties have undoubtedly affected the mental health of the population, but also mental health services and psychiatrists themselves. These financial difficulties coupled with pre-existing organisational issues present important, yet rectifiable, challenges. We conclude by identifying preventive psychiatry as an especially important target for progress and by advocating for continued support for the public system of mental healthcare as well as for the continued psychiatric reform.

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PMID31385947
PMCPMC6646842

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