Research study covering an eleven year period, looking at the development of community care for people with mental health problems in the UK, Western and non-western countries. Includes chapters on: lessons from the American experience in providing community-based services; the mixed economy of psychiatric provision; residential care for people with mental health problems in the community; the outcome for long-stay non-demented patients; costing care in hospital and in the community; the effect of reprovision on acute services; training level and training needs of staff; attitudes of the media and the public; the downside of reprovision; patients who are too difficult to manage in the community; providing a comprehensive community psychiatric service; and the future of community care.
Research study covering an eleven year period, looking at the development of community care for people with mental health problems in the UK, Western and non-western countries. Includes chapters on: lessons from the American experience in providing community-based services; the mixed economy of psychiatric provision; residential care for people with mental health problems in the community; the outcome for long-stay non-demented patients; costing care in hospital and in the community; the effect of reprovision on acute services; training level and training needs of staff; attitudes of the media and the public; the downside of reprovision; patients who are too difficult to manage in the community; providing a comprehensive community psychiatric service; and the future of community care.
Subject terms:
hospitals, mass media, long stay care, mental health problems, mixed economy of care, residential care, social policy, staff, staff development, training, community care, community mental health services;
Psychiatric Bulletin, 24(5), May 2000, pp.165-168.
Publisher:
Royal College of Psychiatrists
The Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services (TAPS) was established in May 1985 to evaluate the national policy of replacing psychiatric hospitals with district based services. TAPS' remit was to mount the evaluation with respect to the closure of Friern and Claybury Hospitals in north London. This article provides a summary of the research organised by topic: patients, staff, and the public.
The Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services (TAPS) was established in May 1985 to evaluate the national policy of replacing psychiatric hospitals with district based services. TAPS' remit was to mount the evaluation with respect to the closure of Friern and Claybury Hospitals in north London. This article provides a summary of the research organised by topic: patients, staff, and the public.
Subject terms:
hospitals, mental health problems, nursing homes, older people, outcomes, patients, hospital discharge, hospital readmission, psychiatric care, public opinion, service closure, severe mental health problems, staff, training, cost effectiveness, evaluation, financing;