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JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Jerusalem Post
08-30-2009
An illness like any other
Byline: JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Edition: Daily
Section: Health
Memo: A new homelike treatment approach for first-time psychiatric patients promises to reduce the stigma, improve the results and lower the cost of treatment. Judy Siegel- Itzkovich reports.

Delivering babies in bedroom-like hospital facilities, performing certain types of surgery in day hospitals and treating some people in outpatient clinics are increasingly popular. This worldwide trend indicates that institutionalization can be avoided.

When it comes to mental health, Israel in the past decade or two has ...

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