Open AccessCommunity care and deinstitutionalization: a review
Author(s) -
Steven Segal
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1545-6846
pISSN - 0037-8046
DOI - 10.1093/sw/24.6.521
Subject(s) - mentally ill , psychology , nursing , long term care , mental health , psychiatry , mental illness , medicine
After one hundred years the family is once again being asked to assume its major function as care-giver for the long-term mentally ill. Is the family able to support chronic mental patients? Is it willing to assume responsibility for these patients? This article addresses these questions, as well as others, and discusses the implications of family policy for community care.