Developing case management for the long-term mentally ill
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- 1 July 1993
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in Psychiatric Bulletin
- Vol. 17 (7) , 409-411
- https://doi.org/10.1192/pb.17.7.409
Abstract
Mental health policies and the focus of psychiatric services have shifted over the last three decades from hospital to community care. Greater care in the community and reduced psychiatric bed numbers have contributed to the discharge or non-admission of many patients with severe and persistent disorders who formerly would have been cared for in hospital. Increasing numbers of the chronically ill in the community will necessitate the development of systems to provide continuous and integrated services for such people.Keywords
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