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Questions for the starting ErhebungMit Niedersächsische the introduction of the law on assistance for the mentally ill, and protective measures in the year 1978 (Nds.PsychKG) was the establishment Sozialpsychiatrischer services both local health offices to a responsibility and duty of Counties undkreisfreien cities. 1 The survey of the time of the survey existing Sozialpsychiatrischer inkommunaler services, free or non-denominational ownership in the state of Lower Saxony was aimed at the density of the actual supply until 1985, to explore dieArbeitsschwerpunkteder services according to the phase of establishment and consolidation observed unddieEffektenachzuzeichnen, diesichinsgesamtdurch the establishment of the SozialpsychiatrischenDienstein the development of the supply gemeindepsychiatrischen results. 2 The assessment of the quality of services provided Sozialpsychiatrischer services ebenfallsein was the subject of the survey, but here because of the method chosen (partly schriftlicheBefragung with mailing, in part interview with filling out the standardized instrument by normally non medical staff) focus on the mapping of structural supply characteristics and quality was. Personal and professional action in the details of employees and co-workers in the facilities was not subject to the Erhebung.Der in chapter 2 of this volume each sectional questionnaire was depicted by the "Lan-desarbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialpsychiatrischer Services Lower Saxony eV" (LAG) 3 and the medical university of Hannover - Department of Social Psychiatry - (MHH) jointly developed the survey undeingesetzt.An InstitutionenDieErhebung involved in social psychiatric services of the local government of Lower Saxony wurdevon a coalition of various institutional and individual makers and interested individuals a possible. The main promoters of the survey were.

Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialpsychiatrischer services Niedersachsen eV (LAG) and its members, which to a large extent as employees in mental health care derBevölkerung professional and personal background in working with revenue. The development of the questionnaire and survey design was in 1985/86 by the author of the work, derzu the time of the LAG Officer, is responsible. DieMedizinische School (MHH) - Department of Social Psychiatry took from his own research interests, and under its responsibility for Sozialpsychiatri-cal advice to the survey teil.Zeitraum the ErhebungDie survey took place during the period from late 1986 until early 1988. As the survey year was 1985festgelegt; for a longer observation period was the collection of the 1st July 1978 (date desInkrafttretens of Nds.PsychKG 1978) 31 Elected in December 1985. In exceptional cases, on other issues beieinzelnen survey periods, on the need, however anentsprechenden posts wird.Befragte EinrichtungenErfaßt were noted in the survey all Sozialpsychiatrischer services of local authorities imBundesland Lower Saxony. For those cities or counties in which the address of a Social Psych-iatrischenDienstes not identify, was the municipal Gesundheitsämteralsdielaut Nds.PsychKG 1978 competent authorities for the establishment of a service-Sozialpsychiatrischer geschrieben.In local authorities in whose jurisdiction the functions of the Nds . PsychKG 1978durchöffentlich-contract or other legal regulations on non-free or konfessionel-le-makers have been transferred, these promoters, if known, directly addressed. Where the carrier is not known, were the competent health authorities ebenfallsumAuskunftbzw.Weiterleitung of the questionnaire.