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The Clinical Effects on a Population of Chronic Schizophrenic Patients of Administrative Changes in Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

F. J. J. Letemendia ,
A. D. Harris  and
P. J. A. Willems
F. J. J. Letemendia
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford
A. D. Harris
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford
P. J. A. Willems
Affiliation:
Littlemore Hospital, Oxford
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The factors leading to the fall in the mental hospital population which started in England in 1954 are not fully agreed. By some, the introduction of the phenothiazine drugs was held to be of first importance: other writers have stressed the role of social and administrative factors—of energetic rehabilitation and discharge policies together with measures to provide community services for discharged patients.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 502 , September 1967 , pp. 959 - 971
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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