Citation

Salisbury TT, Thornicroft G. Br. J. Psychiatry 2016; 208(5): 412-413.

Affiliation

Tatiana Taylor Salisbury, PhD, Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Graham Thornicroft, PhD, Health Services and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK graham.thornicroft@kcl.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

10.1192/bjp.bp.115.178038

PMID

27143004

Abstract

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.

© The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2016.

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