State Mental Hospitals

What Happens When They Close

AvPaul Ahmed

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Del i serien Current Topics in Mental Health

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Beskrivning

The purpose of the book is to examine the multiple issues growing out of the hospital closings: Why are the state hospitals being closed? What is the impact of closings on patients, hospital staff, and the communities where the hospitals are located?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-04-14
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:368 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Current Topics in Mental Health
Antal sidor:219
Förlag:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN:9781461342670

Utforska kategorier

Psykiatri inom Medicin

Innehållsförteckning

I. Perspectives in the Closing of Mental Hospitals.- 1. Introduction and an Overview of the Closing Scene.- 2. Historical Factors Affecting the Closing of State Hospitals.- 3. The Case for Closing of the Hospitals.- 4. The Case Against Closing of State Hospitals.- 5. The Alternative Care Is Not There.- II. The Impact of the Closing.- 6. The Impact of the Closing of DeWitt State Hospital.- 7. When They Closed the Doors at Modesto.- 8. The Posttransfer Fate of Relocated Patients.- 9. Community-Based Sheltered Care.- III. Issues in Community Care and the Closing of Hospitals.- 10. Some Major Issues in the Closing of the Hospitals.- 11. Moving Patients Out of Hospitals—In Whose Interest?.- 12. Is the Community Ready?.- 13. Whither the State Hospital? Issues and Trends in Mental Health Services Delivery.