This technical document is a framework for action. Its objective is to guide the health authorities of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries toward the deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care in the context of the Region. Deinstitutionalization points psychiatric care away from the seclusion of people with mental illness in psychiatric hospitals, toward decent, quality care in the community. Psychiatric hospitals should be replaced by beds for acute cases in general hospitals, as well as different community-supported housing solutions for people with severe mental illness. At the same time, an efficient network of community-based mental health services is needed. This involves the priority development of new practices and community services with proven effectiveness that protect the rights of people with mental illness
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