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Douglas House Seven Years' Experience of a Community Hostel Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

F. J. Creighton ,
C. E. Hyde  and
B. Farragher
F. J. Creighton
Affiliation:
Tameside General Hospital, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire OL6 9RW
C. E. Hyde*
Affiliation:
Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
B. Farragher
Affiliation:
Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
*
∗ Correspondence
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Abstract

Of 24 residents of a ten-bed, community-based hostel ward suffering chronic psychiatric illness, nine have been resettled in the community, with four more expected to follow them. Five residents have made Douglas House their home but another six have manifested behavioural disturbance necessitating return to hospital wards. We found community discharge to be associated with illnesses having good prognostic features, while organic illness militated against such placement. Indicators of a prior history of behavioural disturbance seem to predict difficulties in managing a patient in this environment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 500 - 504
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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