[LeiP#netz - Leipziger Psychiatrie Netzwerk - A Pilot Project to Implement the Functional Basic Model by Steinhart...

The functional basic model (Steinhart, Wienberg) offers the theoretic ground for a pilot project which emphasis on outpatient treatment in psychiatric care.

The following subgoals were pursued a) networking with providers/institutions/actors located in the study region; (b) evaluation of the offered services for the purpose of mapping psychosocial care. Consequently, a project-based survey instrument was developed and applied for the survey of all care providers.

Merging and networking of all actors was started successfully. All services needed for psychiatric care of severe mentally ill people are provided in the study region. While counselling and prevention tend to be well-maintained structures, there is a lack of access to low-threshold care such as crisis management, retreats alternatives to hospitals and assertive multi-professional complex treatment.