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Dec. 8, 2019 – The Hurdalsjøen Recovery Center can be seen as both part of that initiative, and distinct from it. But with “medication-free” offerings within the public sector surviving and growing, and the Hurdalsjøen Recovery Center doing so as well, it’s fair to conclude that this type of care is finding a foothold in Norwegian psychiatry. … All of this tells of an initiative that is still very much a “work in progress.” Yet, while the public mental hospitals may be proceeding cautiously, the patient demand for such care is growing at a rapid clip. In a recent survey of 100 patientsadmitted to a psychiatric hospital in Norway, 52% stated that they “would have wanted drug-free treatment if it existed.”
