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A follow-up of ‘new’ long-stay patients in Camberwell, 1977–1982

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Til Wykes
Til Wykes*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Til Wykes, MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London 5E5 8AF.
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Synopsis

Since 1977 there have been two major developments in the provision of services for the ‘new‘ long-stay in Camberwell – a hospital-hostel and an associated supervised group-home. This paper looks at the impact of these services over a 5-year period on a group of patients who fulfilled the ‘new’ long-stay criteria at the end of 1977. Both services appear to be extremely successful in containing such disabled patients. The results suggest that some improvements in patients' handicaps can be achieved and that some patients can be discharged with intensive psychiatric support. Excluding those patients in Special Hospitals, only one person was discharged to and has remained in unsupervised accommodation within the 5-year period.

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Brief Communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , August 1983 , pp. 659 - 662
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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