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What has happened to patients from long-stay psychiatric wards?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. B. Double  and
T. I. Wong
D. B. Double
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Sheffield, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU
T. I. Wong
Affiliation:
Sheffield Rotational Training Scheme, Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield S6 1TP
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Evidence bearing on the issue of what happens to patients from long-stay psychiatric wards in Britain is scarce. The results of a particularly well-planned resettlement programme may not be representative of the outcome from general policies of discharge from all psychiatric hospitals. The present study was undertaken in Sheffield to find the whereabouts of patients from long-stay wards after eight years, a longer period than usually studied previously. The expectation was that difficulties in tracing patients could be overcome with sufficient time and effort.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 12 , December 1991 , pp. 735 - 736
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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