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The Dismantling of the Mental Hospital?

Glenside Hospital Surveys 1960–1985

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. Ford ,
C. Goddard  and
R. Lansdall-Welfare
M. Ford*
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Atkinson Morley's Hospital
C. Goddard
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Guy's Hospital
R. Lansdall-Welfare
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Bristol; Stoke Park Hospital, Bristol
*
Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Copse Hill, Wimbledon SW20 0NE
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Results of the sixth quinquennial survey of the resident population of Glenside Hospital, Bristol, are reported. The total population continues to fall, but the rate of decline has slowed; the implications of this are discussed. Many patients live in an emotionally impoverished state, friendless and rarely leaving the hospital. Few in-patients are employed, even within the hospital. Considerable provision is made, however, for the employment of day-patients. To effectively resettle and support in the community those currently remaining in hospital will require increasingly extensive provision.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 479 - 485
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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