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Needs for care among the long-term mentally ill: a report from the Camberwell High Contact Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

C. R. Brewin ,
J. K. Wing ,
S. P. Mangen ,
T. S. Brugha ,
B. MacCarthy  and
A. Lesage
C. R. Brewin*
Affiliation:
From the MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
J. K. Wing
Affiliation:
From the MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
S. P. Mangen
Affiliation:
From the MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
T. S. Brugha
Affiliation:
From the MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
B. MacCarthy
Affiliation:
From the MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
A. Lesage
Affiliation:
From the MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr C. R. Brewin, MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

We report the results of a survey of the needs for items of care of 145 long-term users of psychiatric day-hospitals and day-centres in Camberwell. The overall ratio of met to unmet need was almost exactly 5:1. Need was shown to vary according to chronicity, degree of participation, and placement in day-hospital or day-centre. Specific areas of functioning and specific types of care were identified in which there was significant overprovision or underprovision. The utility of our measures, and their ability to identify clinically significant unmet need, are discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , May 1988 , pp. 457 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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