The Future of Psychiatric Hospitals *This article, whilst the responsibility of its authors, has grown out of innumerable discussions and represents the views of many others at Claybury.

rnany as possible of the large mental hospitals within the next fifteen years, basing the future service on psychiatric units and community care. If psychiatric units in general hospitals are to be the basis of the service, it is vital that there should be a great deal thought and discussion before it is finally decided how they are to be organised. None of us want to keep the present huge and Unwieldly mental hospitals, but we have learnt a lot in them. As