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Home treatment in Bradford

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Patrick Bracken  and
Bruce Cohen
Patrick Bracken*
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Economic Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP
Bruce Cohen
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Economic Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Aims and method

We describe a new home treatment service established In one sector of the city of Bradford.

Results

There was a tendency for the patients hospitalised from this sector to have more unstable housing backgrounds. It was found that a higher percentage of patients with diagnoses of serious mental Illness were cared for at home.

Clinical implications

We argue that even in the presence of home treatment, there Is a continuing need for asylum. However, we make the case that this does not always have to be provided In a medical environment.

Type
Original papers
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 349 - 352
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Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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