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A review of a facility for the admission of mothers with babies to psychiatric care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. M. Semple  and
C. B. Ballinger
M. M. Semple
Affiliation:
Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride G75 8RG (Royal Dundee Liff Hospital)
C. B. Ballinger
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee DD2 5NF
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Abstract

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The advantages and disadvantages of a mother and baby facility as part of a general hospital psychiatric admission unit were explored. A questionnaire was sent to 60 women who had been admitted to the unit with their babies over a ten-year period asking about their psychological health following discharge from hospital, the welfare of their family and their opinion of the facility. A 37% response rate was obtained. The patients' case-notes were studied for information on various items and the results for the response and nonresponse subgroups were compared.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 6 , June 1995 , pp. 346 - 348
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

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