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Community Care in Camberwell

A Two-year Follow-up of a Cohort of Long-Term Users

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Elizabeth Sturt
Elizabeth Sturt*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5
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Summary

A census was taken of all patients in psychiatric hostels and homes, psychiatric day care, and short-term in-patient care who also had at least one year's history of contact with services. During the following two years, 61% of the patients stayed continuously in day or residential care, while 17% were discharged from care within the first year and made no further use of day or residential services. Two main patterns of contact were evident–repeated short-term in-patient care or longer-term care in services outside hospital. Their most important determinant was whether a viable marriage still existed for the patient.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 2 , August 1984 , pp. 178 - 186
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984 

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