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The Psychiatric Symptoms, Diagnoses and Care Needs of 100 Mentally Handicapped Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brian R. Ballinger ,
C. Barbara Ballinger ,
Andrew H. Reid  and
Elizabeth McQueen
Brian R. Ballinger
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Liff, Dundee DD2 5NF
C. Barbara Ballinger*
Affiliation:
Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee
Andrew H. Reid
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Liff, Dundee DD2 5NF
Elizabeth McQueen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

One hundred randomly selected residents of a mental handicap hospital originating from Dundee were interviewed using a standardised assessment based on the modified Standardised Clinical Interview Schedule. Information on certain behavioural items and self-care skills was obtained from nursing staff and case records. An ICD–9 diagnosis could be made for 80 individuals, including diagnoses usually reserved for children. Thirty subjects were regarded as needing long-term psychiatric mental handicap hospital care. All but one of the remaining 70 subjects required a staffed residential placement and all but 15 some form of out-patient or short-term in-patient provision from specialist health services. The findings indicate a need for approximately 30 psychiatric mental handicap beds per 100 000 population.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 251 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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