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The British Journal of Psychiatry 142: 9-15 (1983)
© 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

The use of ward support by psychiatric patients in the community

SF Mitchell and JL Birley

A system of ward support for chronic psychiatric patients in an urban community is described, which makes available ward and staff facilities throughout the 24 hours and at weekends. Details are given of a group of 41 patients using this facility over a period of six months. Two types of use of the ward were identified, based on the amount of social interaction with other staff and patients. The 'unengaged', with a high rate of visits, were mainly schizophrenic patients with an early first onset of illness and currently a scanty social network (small primary group and often no confidant). The 'engaged', with a lower rate of visits, were people with a later onset and a larger social network.


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