ABSTRACT
An integrated community treatment programme (CTP) for people suffering from schizophrenia has been running for the last 30 years at the Psychiatry Department in Krakow. Three generations of psychiatrists, inspired by the thinking of Professor Antoni K?pinski, have built in Krakow a system of open psychiatry (a network of institutions) that is available – with no limitations – to every person who has had schizophrenia. The programme is implemented at various centres and places in Krakow by the same team under supervision, based on a common concept of the illness and philosophy of therapy.
