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Chronically Ill Psychiatric Patients in a District General Hospital Unit a Survey and Two-Year Follow-Up in an Inner-London Health District

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Catherine O'driscoll ,
Jane Marshall  and
John Reed
Catherine O'driscoll*
Affiliation:
Cassel Hospital, 1 Ham Common, Richmond, Surrey TW10 7JF, formerly Research Psychiatrist, Community Psychiatry Research Unit, Hackney Hospital, London E9, and Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services, Friern Hospital, London N11
Jane Marshall
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5, formerly Research Psychiatrist, Community Psychiatry Research Unit, Hackney Hospital, London E9
John Reed
Affiliation:
Community Psychiatry Research Unit, Hackney Hospital, London E9
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A survey was undertaken at the end of 1984 of all patients occupying psychiatric beds for more than six months in an inner-London health district. Excluding those with senile dementia, 30 patients were identified. Two years later, a follow-up survey traced the original cohort and the accumulation of additional patients on the wards. The finding that the rate of discharge from the original group matches the accumulation of new patients into the survey suggests a need for new types of community provision within the district.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 5 , November 1990 , pp. 694 - 702
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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