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Sex Differences in Service Usage in Long-Term Psychiatric Care

Are Women Adequately Served?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Rachel E. Perkins  and
Len A. Rowland
Rachel E. Perkins*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and District Services Section, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
Len A. Rowland
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and District Services Section, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
*
Department of Psychology, Springfield University Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
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Abstract

There is a paucity of research concerning service usage and needs of female long-term psychiatric patients. A series of studies comparing the provisions for chronically mentally ill men and women in a south London community-focused rehabilitation and continuing care service indicate marked differences in the services received by men and women, and raise questions concerning whether the needs of female patients are adequately served. As a group the women had been in contact with services for longer, had received less intensive input from services, and it appeared that the services had been less responsive to their changing needs. Among those in high contact with the services, the functioning of men and women did not differ, yet women were over-represented in workshops designed for those functioning at a lower level. Women over 45 years of age seemed to be particularly badly served by the organised activities offered.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue S10: Women and Mental Health , May 1991 , pp. 75 - 79
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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