Ten good reasons why we should learn from differences in mental health care throughout Europe and ... ENMESH!

Mirella Ruggeri Although the current trend is to equalise Europe's various types of mental health care systems and most of its societal sector aspects and values, much remains to be done to achieve true service homogeneity in European countries. Most of these differences and many service shortcomings originate in the gap that exists between the acquisition of knowledge and its application. Research in the field has not opportunely translated into improved patient care or more cost-effective service organisations. Moreover, the current differences among psychiatric services in EU mental health care systems reveal…