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Young People in Mental Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. E. Lear
Affiliation:
St. Crispin Hospital, Northampton
Jeanne Lewington
Affiliation:
St. Crispin Hospital, Northampton

Extract

The increasing awareness of the social needs of young patients in a mental hospital where the care of elderly people is the major task started with comments from visiting medical students, and eventually met with a response from hospital personnel and community volunteers.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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