Planning for a mental hospital phasedown

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Abstract
The authors studied the patients and community facilities in an area for which a mental hospital phasedown was contemplated. They found that patients who were continuously hospitalized during a 9-month period were highly dependent and judged unlikely to be candidates for community placement. By contrast, the patients who had been discharged during this 9-month period were judged relocatable by staff and constituted a select group in terms of independence. The authors' survey of community facilities indicated few placement possibilities for the majority of the continuously hospitalized patients.

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