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Modern Trends in the Planning of Mental Hospitals and other Psychiatric Units in England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Extract

The mental hospital of to-day has developed in stages from the earliest of which we have any particulars.

Progress in planning and design has been gradual, with periods during which it has been pronounced. Each period has shown an advance in the lay-out and detailed arrangement of the buildings to meet the coincident advance in methods of care and treatment of the patients.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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