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Replacing the Mental Hospital

Community Provision for a District's Chronically Psychiatrically Disabled in Domestic Environments?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Kingdon ,
Douglas Turkington ,
Katy Malcolm ,
Krystyna Szulecka  and
Emmett Larkin
David Kingdon*
Affiliation:
Bassetlaw District General Hospital, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Douglas Turkington
Affiliation:
Bassetlaw District General Hospital, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Katy Malcolm
Affiliation:
Bassetlaw District General Hospital, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Krystyna Szulecka
Affiliation:
Bassetlaw District General Hospital, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Emmett Larkin
Affiliation:
Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire
*
∗Correspondence
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Eighteen long-stay patients from an old county asylum moved into hospital hostels. After 12–24 months, there were significant reductions in overall symptoms, as rated by the CPRS and the Krawiecka scale, as well as in deviant but not general behaviour, rated by the REHAB scale. Six later moved to live in supported accommodation. All relatives and patients who expressed an opinion to an independent assessor were satisfied with their present accommodation or wished to move to more independent living.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 113 - 117
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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