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The closure of mental hospitals
- Authors:
- HALL Peter, BROCKINGTON Ian F. eds
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 159p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on the Worcester experience of the closure of two large mental hospitals and their replacement by a comprehensive community based service. Describes the managerial techniques involved and sets the Worcester experience in a national context. Includes an international perspective, with contributions from the US, Australia and the World Health Organization.
Provision of after care services for discharged psychiatric patients: a research report
- Author:
- HAWES Charles
- Publisher:
- Greenwich. Directorate of Social Services. Fieldwork Division
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Alternatives to asylum : conference notes of a multi-disciplinary and inter-agency day concerned with community care for ex-psychiatric hospital patients, February 1986
- Author:
- EAST SUSSEX Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- East Sussex. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1986
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Uckfield
The chronic mental patient in a community context
- Editor:
- CHACKO Ranjit C.
- Publisher:
- American Psychiatric Press
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 84p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Washington, DC
Re-sectioning following discharge
- Author:
- PARSONS Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(4), December 2000, p.139.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reports on a recent court ruling which has confirmed as lawful the immediate re-sectioning of a patient following discharge by a Mental Health Review Tribunal.
The powers that be
- Author:
- KEYS Robert
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 12.9.96, 1996, p.31.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
A training exercise for frontline psychiatric and mental health staff has highlighted the potential pitfalls of the new power of supervised discharge. This article looks at the implications.
Reactions to Hill End Adolescent Unit: interviews with 20 ex-patients
- Author:
- STUART-SMITH Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adolescence, 17(5), October 1994, pp.483-489.
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
Adolescents recently discharged from the Hill End Adolescent Unit were interviewed to explore their experience of the Unit. Reactions and areas of difficulty are reported, and changes made to the Unit since the study.
Mental illness: why is community care failing the mentally ill?
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94 Supplement, 1994, pp.7-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Both the Clunis report and the Mental Health Act Commission criticise the closure of hospital-based psychiatric services because it means patients are being discharged before they are ready, and there is little evidence that funds are being redirected into community alternatives.
Success story for joint plan
- Author:
- MANNING N.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 27.10.88, 1988, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
When a mental illness hospital in Kingston-upon-Thames was scheduled for closure, it signalled an energetic assessment of existing resources and future needs, ensuring adequate community provision.
Victimization of the mentally ill : an unintended consequence of deinstitutionalization
- Author:
- FRENCH Laurence
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 32(6), 1987, pp.502-505.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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