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Closing the asylum: the mental patient in modern society
- Author:
- BARHAM Peter
- Publisher:
- Penguin
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 206p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Looks at the experiences in the community of people who have had a severe mental illness, and asks if contemporary society has adequately understood the lessons of the past about the devaluation and dehumanization of mentally ill people. Suggests that, alongside asylum closures, a drastic reshaping of traditional attitudes towards mentally ill people is required.
Home truths
- Authors:
- MILLER Helen, TURNER Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 9.9.93, 1993, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
A clinical audit of 152 patients in an inner-city psychiatric hospital acute ward revealed that 29 were there simply due to the lack of suitable accommodation in the community rather than for clinical reasons.
The social organization of mental illness
- Author:
- PRIOR Lindsay
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 239p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Analyses the changing definitions of mental illness and the way in which they have been reflected in the organisation of health and social services. Shows how this both reflects and constitutes the nature of mental illness. Demonstrates how sociological insights into the world of psychiatric medicine can be gained from an examination of the multiple ways in which disorders have been represented in, and through, the work of psychiatric professionals. Focuses on the transition from hospital to community centred services.
A very peculiar ruling
- Author:
- MILLAR Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 5.8.93, 1993, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Considers the implications of the recent court of appeal judgment on the entitlement of 17 private nursing home residents discharged from hospital to income support.