THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TRANSFORMATIONS AND DIFFICULTIES, MENTAL HEALTH POLICIES IN THE PROVINCE OF ENTRE RÍOS, ARGENTINA
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Political Context. Mental Health Policy. Department of Mental Health. Health Projects and Models., POLITICAL CONTEXT, MENTAL HEALTH POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH PROJECTS AND MODELSAbstract
In 1987 the Department of Mental Health was created within the realm of
the Secretary of Public Health of the Province of Entre Ríos. Its main objective was to
modify substantially the orientation of the policies applied in relation to the problem of
mental health-illness processes. As a consequence of this new approach, innovative strategies
were put into practice. They aimed at directing the assistance to patients from the specific
field of Mental Health. This implies that the actions taken are not only to be based on the
treatment of mental illness through hospitalization alone but also on outpatient treatment
and rehabilitation, illness prevention and health promotion. In this respect, this research is
intended to describe the policies developed by the department in question during the first
two and a half years after its creation, analyse such process and highlight the paradigms which
have sustained the actions taken by the Department of Mental Health in its beginnings.
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