Original article | Published 23 December 2025 | doi:https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4692
Cite this as: Swiss Med Wkly. 2025;155:4692

Effectiveness of community mental health
nursing on psychiatric hospitalisations in
Switzerland: a mirror-image analysis

Anna Hegedüsab, Dirk Richteracd
Bern University of Applied Sciences, School of Health Professions, Applied Research & Development in Nursing, Bern, Switzerland.
Research Group Mental Health Nursing, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
School of Nursing and Public Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Department of Teaching and Research. Bern University Hospital for Mental Health, Bern, Switzerland