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‘New’ long-stay psychiatric patients: a national sample survey of fifteen mental hospitals in England and Wales 1972/3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Sheila A. Mann  and
Wendy Cree
Sheila A. Mann*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Wendy Cree
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Sheila A. Mann, Department of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, Gower Street, London WC1E 6AU>.
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Synopsis

Four hundred ‘new’ long-stay patients were studied and assessments of their needs for treatment and accommodation were made. About one third appeared to need further care in hospital. A further third could possibly be discharged if suitable accommodation in the community were available: most of this group were more handicapped than present residents in hostels. The remaining third had diverse needs; many were multiply handicapped – for example, by physical disability or mental retardation in addition to psychiatric disorder. At the moment the psychiatric hospital is virtually the only agency to accept the care of such people.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , February 1977 , pp. 603 - 616
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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