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Community Care of the Chronic or Long Term Psychiatric Patient

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1982

Abstract

The shift to community treatment of psychiatric patients appears to have led to the serious neglect of some chronic or long term patients. Features of both the chronic patient and the community treatment system appear to contribute to this neglect. Consideration is give to features of effective intervention with the long term patient. The need for a flexible pattern of assertive follow-up over extremely long periods of time is emphasized.

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Le virage en direction d'une approche communautaire pour le traitement des patients psychiatriques semble conduire à une sérieuse négligence à l'égard des patients chroniques. Cette négligence apparait comme le résultat des particularités à la fois du système de soins aux patients chroniques et du traitement communautaire. On souligne les modalités d'une intervention efficace auprès des patients ayant besoin de soins à long terme. Une insistance particulière se dégage en ce qui concerne le besoin d'un modèle flexible pour suivre résolument les patients sur des périodes de temps extrémement longues.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 1Number 1April 1982
Pages: 53 - 58

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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Edward Pomeroy
Dept. Of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario

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