Project R-1394

The role of poverty on the inflow, flow and outflow in/out of psychiatry in Flanders. (Research)

The objective of this research is to gain an insight into the relationship between poverty and psychiatry. The research is oriented to get an inside in the role that poverty plays in the process of inflow, flow and outflow out of psychiatry . This happens by means of an exploratory-study based on the case-study "Openbaar Psychiatrisch Zorgcentrum Rekem", which analyses the mechanisme that defines the relationship between poverty and psychiatry. During this exploratory-study a simular research with a number of psychiatric institutions in Flanders, will be initiated.

01 December 2008 - 31 May 2009