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A workshop for relatives of people with chronic mental illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Richard Mullen ,
Paul Bebbington  and
Liz Kuipers
Richard Mullen
Affiliation:
Bethlem Hospital
Paul Bebbington
Affiliation:
MRC Social and Community Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry
Liz Kuipers
Affiliation:
District Services Centre, The Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AZ
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The District Services Centre of the Maudsley Hospital deals with the care and rehabilitation of people with chronic mental illnesses. Three independent teams of mental health professionals comprise nurses, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. A multidisciplinary team approach is used in the assessment and management of patients. Most of the patients are either day-patients or ‘supportive’ patients who attend less frequently. The service is thus very much community based and orientated, and the support and involvement of close relatives in the care of the patients is seen as both necessary and desirable.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , April 1992 , pp. 206 - 207
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