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The British Journal of Psychiatry 128: 467-470 (1976)
© 1976 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

New long-stay patients in a hospital for mental handicap

DA Spencer

Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped (1971) forecasts a diminution in the number of beds in hospitals for mental handicap. It can be achieved only by the admission of fewer new long-stay patients. This paper considers 50 new long-stay cases admitted to a hospital for mentally handicapped in the five years 1970 to 1974. Of these admissions 42% were children, and of all the admissions 54% had Wechsler intelligence quotients under 25. Further, 62% of the admissions were for behaviour problems and 38% were for physical infirmity and helplessness. It is concluded that there are some mentally handicapped people who have problems with which only a hospital can cope. The high nursing dependency and the profound mental retardation of a majority of the new long-stay patients present a formidable challenge.


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