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A holiday home for long‐stay psychiatric patients
Author(s) -
Goldney Robert D.,
Cunnett Edward W.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb113566.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , normalization (sociology) , medicine , mentally ill , mental illness , mental health , sociology , anthropology
There is a large number of patients with chronic psychiatric illness in hospitals in Australia for whom holidays are rarely considered. The establishment of a holiday home for such patients at a beach resort is reported. Although some members of the community initially had misgivings, in general, public comment was uniformly supportive. Observations by staff members and patients indicate that the home has been successful in contributing to the normalization of patients with chronic psychiatric illness.