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.
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.
Subject terms:
hospitals, mental health problems, patients, hospital discharge, surveys, community care;
New Statesman and Society, 26.3.93, 1993, pp.12-13.
'Andrew' was discharged from a long stay psychiatric hospital. Initial optimism about his future was confounded by inadequate support in the hostels to which he went. Pessimistic conclusions are drawn about the outcome of community care reforms.
'Andrew' was discharged from a long stay psychiatric hospital. Initial optimism about his future was confounded by inadequate support in the hostels to which he went. Pessimistic conclusions are drawn about the outcome of community care reforms.
Subject terms:
long stay care, mental health problems, outcomes, patients, hospital discharge, acute psychiatric care, community care, community mental health services;
Argues that community-based caring for people with mental health problems offers an opportunity to empower users - but only if old practices such as long-term drug therapy are challenged.
Argues that community-based caring for people with mental health problems offers an opportunity to empower users - but only if old practices such as long-term drug therapy are challenged.
Subject terms:
medication, mental health problems, patients, service users, treatment, therapies, therapy and treatment, user participation, empowerment;