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The Glasgow Rehabilitation Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Martin G. Livingston  and
Adam Bryson
Martin G. Livingston*
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Gartnavel Hospitals, Glasgow
Adam Bryson
Affiliation:
Western and Gartnavel General Hospital Unit, Western Infirmary, Glasgow G11 6NT
*
∗Department of Psychological Medicine, 6 Whittinghame Gardens, Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0AA
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Abstract

To assess the future requirements for long-stay psychiatric beds, every consultant psychiatrist in Glasgow was asked to consider whether long-stay patients in his or her wards would be fit for rehabilitation and return to the community. For the purposes of the survey, long stay was defined as a single admission of at least six months, but patients with an organic diagnosis who were aged over 65 were excluded. It was estimated that, with rehabilitation, almost a third of the patients surveyed could return to the community, and that, with more participation in self-care, over 15% might be able to manage in a ward or hostel within the hospital. Patients judged fit to return to the community were preponderantly younger patients with a shorter period of inpatient care, and those suffering from a functional psychotic illness.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 5 , May 1989 , pp. 620 - 624
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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