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Patients with learning disability at Kneesworth House Hospital

The first five years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Deborah Brooke
Deborah Brooke*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry of Disability, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
*
Dr D. Brooke, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, The Bracton Centre, Bexley Hospital, Old Bexley Lane, Bexley, Kent DA5 2BW
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Abstract

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This paper reports a retrospective case note study of all patients with learning disability and challenging behaviour admitted to Kneesworth House Hospital between 1986 and 1991 (n=70), describing their demographic and clinical characteristics. The subjects had high levels of psychiatric morbidity, in addition to learning disability. Patients whose stay was relatively short, or who were discharged to community placements, were not able to be differentiated on clinical grounds, suggesting that the provision of local facilities determined the length of the admission. There is a need for more regional and sub-regional services for this group with multiple long-term problems.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 29 - 32
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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