Copenhagen Community Psychiatric Project (CCPP): characteristics and treatment of homeless patients in the psychiatric services after introduction of community mental health centres.

The main purpose of the study was to describe the characteristics of homeless psychiatric patients, and to compare the treatment they are offered to that offered to domiciled patients by the psychiatric services. Another purpose was to analyse the prevalence of homelessness among psychiatric patients before and after the introduction of community mental health centres in Copenhagen. Cross-sectional studies were conducted in two intervention and two control districts before and after introduction of the new treatment modalities.

CCPP-Copenhagen Community Psychiatric Project. Implementation of community mental health centres in Copenhagen: effects of service utilization, social integration, quality of life and positive and negative symptoms.

Deinstitutionalization of psychiatry in Denmark has been extensive and the number of psychiatric beds per 1,000 inhabitants is among the lowest in Europe. The effect of supplementing hospital treatment with treatment in community mental health centres was evaluated in a quasi-experimental design. The patient group examined consisted of patients with long-term contact with psychiatric services.

[Controlled alcohol intake. Is it possible to predict which alcohol abusers can manage a more controlled drinking?].

The purpose of this investigation was to identify parameters of predictive value as to which alcohol abusers can manage controlled alcohol intake. Of 72 patients admitted during one year with alcohol abuse as a major diagnosis 27 attempted controlled drinking in a total of 64 events. Socio-demographic data and history of alcohol abuse had no predictive value in identifying patients who could achieve a controlled alcohol intake.

[Admissions and ambulatory treatment before and after establishment of a community psychiatric center in Copenhagen].

The purpose was to measure the use of psychiatric treatment before and after the start of community psychiatry in a part of Copenhagen. The use was measured during the two years before and after starting for the first 45 patients entering the treatment facility. Number of patients taken in for in-patient treatment, of intakes, of in-patient days, of emergencyroom visits and out-patient attendances were measured.

Patients in the care of private psychiatric practitioners. Comparison with public hospital patients and the background districts' population.

In Western societies, the number of psychiatric hospital beds has decreased markedly in the past decades. The reduction in hospital beds has resulted in a relatively large number of mentally ill individuals residing in the community. They experience varying degrees of success.