Deinstitutionalisation does not increase imprisonment or homelessness.
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Closing long-stay psychiatric beds remains contentious. The review by Winkler et al in this issue examines 23 studies of deinstitutionalisation for the outcomes of people discharged from psychiatric hospitals after an admission of 1 year or longer. The majority of these studies identified no cases of homelessness, incarceration or suicide after discharge from hospital.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
دوره 208 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016