Samarbeid om rus- og psykiske helsetjenester – erfaringer fra en innovasjonsprosess i en storbykommune

Abstract

Collaboration has been emphasized as a solution for many complex problems, in both political agendas and research literature. Public reforms aim at coordination and integration of services for people with complex health and social challenges, such as addiction and mental health problems. How to organize services in a coordinated and integrated manner is for each local authority to determine. In this chapter, we examine an innovation process initiated by a large city in order to develop integrated services. By using the process approach as a method, this chapter provides in-depth insight into how different actors meet and collaborate on reorganizing the services and the challenges they encounter in their collaboration.