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Developing a community orientated mental health service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jan Scott ,
Mel Normanton  and
Julie McKenna
Jan Scott
Affiliation:
Collingwood Clinic, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3XT
Mel Normanton
Affiliation:
Collingwood Clinic, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3XT
Julie McKenna
Affiliation:
Collingwood Clinic, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 3XT
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This paper describes the development of a community orientated mental health service including the introduction of a community-based admission unit. The catchment area is a compact conurbation with a population of 56,000 in a deprived part of North Tyneside. Most people come from social classes IV and V and less than 1 % are from ethnic minorities. The male unemployment rate varies from 16–24% and the area is ranked 58th (out of 192) on the Jarman deprivation indices. The primary health care services suffer from many of the problems of inner-city general practices, with the Family Practitioners Committee being the highest prescriber in the country.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , March 1992 , pp. 150 - 152
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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