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Interhospital relocation of long‐stay psychiatric patients: a prospective study
Author(s) -
Jones E. M.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1991.tb05527.x
Subject(s) - relocation , medicine , prospective cohort study , psychiatry , psychiatric hospital , emergency medicine , surgery , computer science , programming language
The reorganization of psychiatric services in the United Kingdom has resulted in relocation of many long‐stay patients, but such transfers are seldom evaluated. Twenty‐four chronic psychiatric patients destined for interhospital relocation were investigated prospectively. After transfer, no fatality occurred, but the group showed a significant deterioration in behaviour, with some changes persisting at 6 months.