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Institutional care and rehabilitation
- Author:
- SHEPHERD Geoff
- Publisher:
- Longman
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 181p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Shared housing and long-term mental illness
- Author:
- ABRAHAMSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 17(1), 2014, pp.41-47.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to give an account by a rehabilitation psychiatrist of many years of involvement in shared housing for former long-stay hospital residents and other long-term mental health service users. Design/methodology/approach: The paper offers a personal view based on developments in one locality of East London, blending case study narrative with cited earlier published papers that confirm and/or give greater detail on specific aspects of the experience gained. Findings: Long-term mental health service users, given the opportunity via shared housing to develop more lasting and natural relationships, proved to have social and interactive capacity that was obscured by both the conditions of hospital wards and by isolating accommodation “in the community”. The experience provides lessons for a better understanding of patients’ problems. Practical implications: Shared housing is often seen as simply a poor substitute for independent living; but the experience recounted here suggests that shared living may have particular value for some client groups. Originality/value: The housing developments and the associated research remain unusual and of potential value for planners of long-term services. (Publisher abstract)
Enabling recovery: the principles and practice of rehabilitation psychiatry
- Editors:
- ROBERTS Glenn, et al, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 405p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book gives an up-to-date overview of contemporary rehabilitation psychiatry, encompassing the shift away from ongoing treatment and institutionalisation of those with long-term mental health problems, towards rekindling hope of and opening routes to personal recovery. It offers a practical and operational guide to service development - perfect for practitioners wanting to update and reflect on their practice and is divided into four main parts: a general introduction; therapeutic practices; services and organisational perspectives; and special considerations and settings.
Institutionalisation and schizophrenia in Japan: social environments and negative symptoms
- Authors:
- OSHIMA Iwao, MINO Yoshio, INOMATA Yoshimasa
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 183(7), July 2003, pp.50-56.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The number of psychiatric beds per capita in Japan is the highest in the world, and a replication of earlier British research is needed to identify possible means of improving the mental health system. The aim of this article is to describe the current situation of psychiatric hospitals in Japan and to examine the relationship between negative symptoms of schizophrenia and social environments. In-patients with schizophrenia were randomly selected from 139 hospitals. Data were obtained for 2758 participants using several scales, including the Manchester Scale and social environment scales. Negative symptom scales showed a significant correlation with understimulating social environments in hospitals. This study confirms the results from the UK and provides evidence for the importance of community-based care and for providing more-stimulating rehabilitation environments.