Community hospitals: a solution to the stigma and dislocation of acute inpatient hospital admission

Abstract

This paper looks at the evolving nature of mental health services. While there has been a shift from asylums to care in the community in recent decades, what is now needed is another shift of acute inpatient psychiatric care, away from psychiatric units to community hospitals and other community settings. It is argued that this would be a further step forward in the evolution of mental health services as it would benefit the service users, their families, carers and staff working in acute psychiatric inpatient units.

Citation

Gwilym, H. (2007), "Community hospitals: a solution to the stigma and dislocation of acute inpatient hospital admission", Journal of Public Mental Health, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 6-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200700002