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Just like a friend : befriending discharged psychiatric patients

Author:

King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Gay, Pat, and Pitkeathley, Jill

Publication date:

1982

Abstract:

Those who have been suffering from mental health problems present particularly difficult problems with re-integration into the community. This project paper examines a scheme for volunteer support for discharged psychiatric patients. With the help of a grant from Oxford R.H.A. a befriending scheme was set up and this report describes ...
Assessment, resettlement and rehabilitation : designing the arrangements for moving people from psychiatric hospitals into local services

Author:

Kingsley, Susan, King's Fund College (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Towell, David, and McAusland, Tom

Publication date:

1986

Abstract:

This is the third paper by the authors on managing the relocation of psychiatric services from large institutions to new patterns of local provision. It offers a summary of their current thinking about the characteristics of an assessment and resettlement model which would be compatible with the wider planning issues ...