Deinstitutionalisation does not increase imprisonment or homelessness.
Tatiana Taylor Salisbury;
Graham Thornicroft;
(2015)
Deinstitutionalisation does not increase imprisonment or homelessness.
The British journal of psychiatry, 208 (5).
pp. 412-413.
ISSN 0007-1250
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.178038
Closing long-stay psychiatric beds remains contentious. The review by Winkler et al in this issue examines 23 studies of deinstitutionalisation for the outcomes of people discharged from psychiatric hospitals after an admission of 1 year or longer. The majority of these studies identified no cases of homelessness, incarceration or suicide after discharge from hospital.
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