Care in the Community - Illusion or Reality? (Paperback)

From asylums to psychiatric hospitals to community care in 100 years. Has the transition been worthwhile? This unique 11-year study provides revealing insights into the issues of community care and its future development in the UK, and in Western as well as non-Western countries. It examines the central issues of patient outcomes, service provision and effectiveness, the economies of provision and the impact on staff and community. Under a distinguished editor, authors from the leading centre for psychiatric treatment and research, report the results of the largest and most comprehensive evaluation* of the replacement of psychiatric hospitals with district-based services. The authors address all the key issues of community care: the treatment of different kinds of long-term patient; patient management and outcomes; and the crucial areas of staff training and community attitudes. Now the myths about community care are dispelled with 11 years of hard fact. This book, prepared by practitioners from a broad range of disciplines, yields essential guidelines for the ongoing development of community services and implementation. *In 1985 the Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services (TAPS) was established in the UK to evaluate the policy of discharging long-stay psychiatric patients into the community, a policy now implemented in the USA and much of Europe.

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1997
First published:	June 1998
Authors:	J Leff
Dimensions:	232 x 163 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	230
ISBN-13:	978-0-471-96982-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Promotions
LSN:	0-471-96982-6
Barcode:	9780471969822

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