{"id":10140,"date":"2026-10-07T09:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/supporting-the-transition-to-community-based-mental-health-and-social-care\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:06:04","slug":"supporting-the-transition-to-community-based-mental-health-and-social-care","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/supporting-the-transition-to-community-based-mental-health-and-social-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting the transition to community-based mental health and social care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"dynamic-content__section dynamic-content__container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__section-container\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__figure-container\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description-container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__description\">\n<h3>Overview <\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#e31837;\">This publication will be launched and available from 9 October 2026 at 09:00 (Geneva time).<\/p>\n<p>This practical guide supports<strong> <\/strong>psychiatric hospital leaders and decision-makers to advance deinstitutionalization (DI) for adults who have experienced long stays in psychiatric hospitals. It responds to the continuing dominance of institutional care, which can absorb substantial mental health resources while separating people from communities, limiting their autonomy and exposing them to risks of human rights violations. <\/p>\n<p>DI requires system-wide reform: aligning policies, laws and funding; developing comprehensive community-based mental health services and housing supports; and reshaping care practices and cultures. The guide builds on WHO\u2019s existing policy guidance to outline adaptable, evidence-informed actions across three phases \u2013 plan, prepare and provide \u2013 and three areas of hospital influence: reducing admissions and lengths of stay; transforming care within hospitals; and increasing supported discharge, continuity of care and community participation. Actions are organized by leadership, partnership and mandate responsibilities, recognizing that lasting change requires coordination across hospitals, authorities, people with lived experience, families, workers and community services.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<div class=\"dynamic-content__details\">\n<div class=\"detail who-team\">\n<div class=\"label\">WHO Team<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n                 <span><br \/>\nNoncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH)                 <\/span>\n         <\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Number of pages<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">146<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Reference numbers<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">\n<div><strong class=\"label-sm\">ISBN: <\/strong><span>978-92-4-012413-4<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"detail\">\n<div class=\"label\">Copyright<\/div>\n<div class=\"value\">CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789240124134?rand=6398\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This publication will be launched and available from 9 October 2026 at 09:00 (Geneva time). 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