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A survey of a long-stay psychiatric population: implications for community services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

J. R. W. Christie Brown ,
Lorna Ebringer  and
L. S. Freedman
J. R. W. Christie Brown*
Affiliation:
University College Hospital, Friern Hospital and the MRC Statistical Research Services Unit
Lorna Ebringer
Affiliation:
University College Hospital, Friern Hospital and the MRC Statistical Research Services Unit
L. S. Freedman
Affiliation:
University College Hospital, Friern Hospital and the MRC Statistical Research Services Unit
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr J. R. W. Christie Brown, The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5.
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Synopsis

Two hundred and twenty long-stay psychiatric patients were surveyed by means of semi-standardized interviews and by obtaining information from nursing staff and case records. Each patient's needs for accommodation and employment were assessed as if immediate discharge from hospital were being contemplated. The results of the exercise emphasize the need for long-stay to permanent accommodation. The validity of this method of assessing community care requirements is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 113 - 126
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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