What factors differentiate long-stay psychiatric impatients who are judged suitable for nurse staffed homes, staffed hostels, homes for the elderly and more "independent" accommodation?

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Mclackland, Brenda M ^a   Griffiths, Robert David ^a   Pryce, Ifor G ^a   Gentry, Rodney M ^a   Hughes, Ian C Talbot ^a   Watkins, Sarah E ^a   Champney Smith, Jeffrey ^a   Montague, Linda R ^b  

^a WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bridgewater Hospital   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005258974     PISSN: 1095158X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0095385     Document Type: Article

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