Better off in the community? A 5-year follow up study of long-term psychiatric patients discharged into the community.
Affiliation
Galway Mental Health Services, Galway, Ireland. shane.mcinerney1@hse.ieIssue Date
2010-04MeSH
Activities of Daily LivingAttitude to Health
Community Mental Health Services
Deinstitutionalization
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health Policy
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Length of Stay
Long-Term Care
Male
Mental Disorders
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Self Care
Social Adjustment
Social Behavior
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Better off in the community? A 5-year follow up study of long-term psychiatric patients discharged into the community. 2010, 45 (4):469-73 Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr EpidemiolJournal
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiologyDOI
10.1007/s00127-009-0086-5PubMed ID
19543843Additional Links
http://www.springerlink.com/content/vr7025807k78730l/Abstract
This study adds to the previous work carried out on patients discharged from large psychiatric hospitals into the community. Patients expressed a desire to continue to live in the community and while they showed improvements in self care and social functioning in the first year following discharge, these improvements were not sustained after 5 years in the community. Further training is needed for staff in the community residences so that patients can achieve their maximum potential.Item Type
ArticleLanguage
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1433-9285ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s00127-009-0086-5