Psychiatric Units in District General Hospitals and Traditional Mental Hospitals: Some Recent Evidence
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (2) , 160-165
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.140.2.160
Abstract
Summary: Using routine data from the Mental Health Enquiry, the work of two district general hospital (DGH) units and a mental hospital was examined. There was a marked difference in the way the two DGH units operated and between the way the mental hospital worked as support hospital or as independent complete in-patient service. The operational policy practised by psychiatrists is more important than the structure of the system. It is important to establish sensitive policies for a wide variety of organizational structures.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- International Variations in the Diagnosis of Psychiatric IllnessThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1977