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The development of community based adult mental health services — a research contribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jackie Powell  and
Robin Lovelock
Jackie Powell
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH
Robin Lovelock
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH
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The desire to provide care and services for people with mental health problems in a community context, rather than in large institutions, is a long-established feature of Government policy. In the more local context of the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire District Health Authority, a strategy of decentralising both the organisation and the delivery of services for adults with mental health problems began to be implemented early in 1986. Five multi-disciplinary area community mental health teams would work with and alongside other service-providers in their localities to provide a range of support, including residential, day and other community and domiciliary services.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 12 , December 1989 , pp. 662 - 666
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