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In defence of the depot clinic

The consumers' opinion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Anderson ,
Angela Leadbetter  and
Bernie Williams
David Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychogeriatrics, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8XP (correspondence)
Angela Leadbetter
Affiliation:
Sefton General Hospital
Bernie Williams
Affiliation:
Royal Liverpool Hospital
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The depot clinic has long been part of the traditional British psychiatric service. With moves towards care in the community many of the traditional, particularly hospital based, methods of service delivery are becoming unfashionable. The depot clinic has been criticised (Beveridge, 1987) for being out of date, not geared to the needs of the patient, inaccessible and unable to provide personalised care, especially regarding the family factors recognised to be important in the management of chronic psychosis, and is portrayed as a facility designed for the convenience of the staff not the patient. This has led to suggestions for alternative methods of administering treatment to these patients, e.g. at home, from GP, health centre based.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , April 1989 , pp. 177 - 179
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