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Long-Term Mental Health Relationships

Community Mental Health

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Living with mental illness is a challenge for many people and creates the need for comprehensive health and community services. Over recent decades, mental health services have transformed from institutional to community-based care, with a clear transition from custodial care to person-centred treatment and support services. Health, housing, rehabilitation and recreational services work towards supporting the least restrictive environment for people who live with mental illness.

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Adamson, L. (2014). Long-Term Mental Health Relationships. In: Higgs, J., Croker, A., Tasker, D., Hummell, J., Patton, N. (eds) Health Practice Relationships. Practice, Education, Work and Society. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-788-9_21

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