[The integrated approach to social reintegration: beyond "case management" and psychosocial rehabilitation]

Recently in western countries mental health systems are, slowly but systematically, adopting case management (CM) as a system of service delivery. Nonetheless, case management remains undefined, poorly described and its characteristics uncharted and unresearched. Social reintegration is a comprehensive model that incorporates strategies of service delivery aimed at solving the problems encountered by CM in the maintenance, enhancement of clients quality of life and social functioning and, social and community acceptance are addressed and issues of costs and collaboration between institutions is explored in depth.