This document produces the results of an investigation into the operation of industrial units. Three aspects of the operation of such units was looked at in particular: the possibility of obtaining work from government or hospital service sources; methods of payment in the units; pricing of contracts.
This document is a sequel to the `King's Fund Survey of Industrial Therapy in Psychiatric Hospitals'. It supplements the previous report by describing some of the characteristics of patients attending the industrial units. This information was obtained from a census of those at work in the units during one week ...
This report is the first result of a study concerned with the organisation and effectiveness of industrial therapy in psychiatric hospitals. It reflects the significant changes in the traditional views first, of the psychiatric patient and his relation to the community, and second, of the hospital itself as a social ...