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Transition Shock and the Relocation of People from Mental Handicap Hospitals and Hostels
Author(s) -
Booth Tim,
Simons Ken,
Booth Wendy
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.1989.tb00312.x
Subject(s) - relocation , shock (circulatory) , transition (genetics) , mental handicap , demographic economics , psychology , political science , medicine , psychiatry , economics , biochemistry , chemistry , computer science , gene , programming language
The process of deinstitutionalisation has been gathering momentum in Britain and the United States since the mid‐1970s. A discussion of these trends provides the background to an examination of “transition shock” as it affects people relocated from mental handicap institutions. The paper explores the theoretical underpinnings of the concept of transition shock and links them to the findings of a follow‐up study of the behavioural consequences of relocation.