OBJECTIVE To assess the severity of psychiatric symptoms among residents of hostels for homeless people. DESIGN Survey of residents in two hostels in Oxford, comprising three weeks of background fieldwork, a demographic questionnaire, and rating behaviour over two weeks with a behavioural rating scale (REHAB) and mental state with the brief psychiatric rating scale. SETTING Two hostels for ...

OBJECTIVES A pilot baby clinic in a hostel for homeless families has been established to address the specific attachment and developmental needs of infants living in temporary accommodation. The aim of this study was to assess whether this clinic model was associated with more positive outcomes than mainstream community services in terms of infant development and parent-infant interactions. D...

Every organization/institution is exposed to some kinds of risks that can affect them in many ways. Risks like fire, theft, damage of assets, illegal intruders etc. can affect them strategically, financially and operationally. It can also damage their reputations. Educational institutions like Universities are also exposed to these risks. This research, through some real-life cases, studies on ...

Dr. Harris is a member of the Management Committee, and was formerly physician in charge of the Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital. A HOME for elderly people suffering from loss of memory and confusion was first opened by the N.A.M.H. in 1950. (At that time there was little being done outside the hospital for this special group, and many elderly people were admitted to mental hospital...

BACKGROUND Being homeless or vulnerably housed is associated with death at a young age, frequently related to medical problems complicated by drug or alcohol dependence. Homeless people experience high symptom burden at the end of life, yet palliative care service use is limited. AIM To explore the views and experiences of current and formerly homeless people, frontline homelessness staff (fr...

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 (ave...