Psychiatric Halfway Hostels in England: II
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IN 1924 another organisation entered the halfway house field. This was the Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society (ESMWS) which was formed in 1919 to deal with the mental problems of ex-servicemen which had been brought on by their service in the war. Three homes are now run by this Society. "Tyrwhitt House" was opened in 1946 and is for men in need of a short period of rest and rehabilitation (average stay is approximately
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Psychiatric Halfway Hostels in England: I
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