Decentralization matters – Differently organized mental health services relationship to staff competence and treatment practice: the VELO study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The VELO study is a comparative study of two Community Mental Health Centres (CMHC) in Northern Norway. The CMHCs are organized differently: one has no local inpatient unit, the other has three. Both CMHCs use the Central Mental Hosp...

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Main Authors: Molvik Stian, Olstad Reidun, Myklebust Lars H, Bjorbekkmo Svein, Nymann Asle, Sørgaard Knut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-05-01
Series:International Journal of Mental Health Systems
Online Access:http://www.ijmhs.com/content/3/1/9