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Survey of incapacity associated with mental handicap at Rampton and Moss Side Special Hospitals: a comparison with the 1970 National Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Elizabeth Parker
Elizabeth Parker*
Affiliation:
Special Hospitals Research Unit, Department of Health and Social Security, London
*
1 Address for correspondence: Special Hospitals Research Unit, Department of Health and Social Security, 119 Camber-well Road, Camberwell, London S.E.5.
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Synopsis

The results of a survey carried out at Rampton and Moss Side Special Hospitals into physical and behavioural incapacity associated with mental handicap are described and compared with the findings of the 1970 National Survey. The Special Hospital patients were found to be less mentally handicapped than similar patients in subnormality hospitals in the National Health Service. The prevalence of physical incapacity associated with mental handicap was also lower in the Special Hospitals but the Special Hospital patients were assessed as more behaviourally disordered. In both surveys the incapacities present were concentrated in the severely mentally handicapped patients. In the Special Hospitals survey the women, when compared with the men, were found to be more behaviourally disordered and to suffer from a greater degree of multiple severe incapacity. All the differences found between the two surveys are consistent with the statutory criteria for admission to a Special Hospital.

Type
Original Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1975 , pp. 300 - 306
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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