TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Deinstitutionalisation does not increase imprisonment or homelessness JO - British journal of psychiatry A1 - Salisbury, Tatiana Taylor A1 - Thornicroft, Graham SP - 412 EP - 413 VL - 208 IS - 5 N2 - 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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