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Psychiatric Units in District General Hospitals and Traditional Mental Hospitals: Some Recent Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

S. Mahadevan  and
D. P. Forster
S. Mahadevan
Affiliation:
Durham Area Health Authority, Durham DH1 5UN (Current Appointment: Specialist in Community Medicine, Rotherham AHA, Oakwood Hall, Moorgate Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S60 2UN)
D. P. Forster
Affiliation:
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
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Summary

Using routine data from the Mental Health Enquiry, the work of two district general hospital (DGH) units and a mental hospital was examined. There was a marked difference in the way the two DGH units operated and between the way the mental hospital worked as support hospital or as independent complete in-patient service. The operational policy practised by psychiatrists is more important than the structure of the system. It is important to establish sensitive policies for a wide variety of organizational structures.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 2 , February 1982 , pp. 160 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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