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Care in the community — illusion or reality?
Author(s)	Julian Leff
Publisher	John Wiley, Chichester, 1997
Pages	212 pp
Source	John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Baffins Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1UD.
Keywords	Mental disorder ; Psychiatric units ; Community care ; Psychiatric treatment ; Attitudes to the old of general public.
Annotation	In 1985, this book's editor established the Team for the Assessment of Psychiatric Services (TAPS), to evaluate the policy of discharging long-stay patients into the community. Researchers associated with TAPS report on the results of this comprehensive evaluation of the replacement of psychiatric hospitals with district-based services. The evolution of UK mental health policy, and the United States' move to de-institutionalisation point to reasons for the rise and fall of the psychiatric hospital. Key aspects of community care are examined: the treatment of different kinds of long-term patient; patient management and outcomes; and staff training and community attitudes. A final section discusses the downside of alternative provision (homelessness, and well-publicised incidents of violent crime); some more successful examples of providing and comprehensive community psychiatric service; and the future of community care in the UK and Europe.
Accession Number	CPA-970701214 B
Classmark	E: LDL: PA: LP: TOB
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