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Relative support group of long-stay psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Grace M. Leung ,
S. C. Rastogi  and
J. Woods
Grace M. Leung
Affiliation:
East Dorset Health Authority, Hahnemann House, Hahnemann Road, West Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset
S. C. Rastogi
Affiliation:
East Dorset Health Authority, Hahnemann House, Hahnemann Road, West Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset
J. Woods
Affiliation:
East Dorset Health Authority, Hahnemann House, Hahnemann Road, West Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset
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It is now widely recognised that families represent a hidden and largely unacknowledged resource to the NHS in the day to day management of long-term disabilities, particularly severe mental problems like schizophrenia. It is most likely that 50–60% of first admission schizophrenic patients will return to some type of family environment and a significant number will remain with the family for a considerable time. The current trend towards community management of mental illness, hampered by the lack of community provision, almost inevitably means discharge to families and is likely to continue and increase further.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 8 , August 1989 , pp. 417 - 419
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