Deinstitutionalised patients, homelessness and imprisonment: systematic review
Language English Country England, Great Britain Media print
Document type Journal Article, Systematic Review
PubMed
27143007
DOI
10.1192/bjp.bp.114.161943
PII: S0007125000243699
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Deinstitutionalization statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Persons with Psychiatric Disorders statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Ill-Housed Persons statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Prisoners statistics & numerical data MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Systematic Review MeSH
BACKGROUND: Reports linking the deinstitutionalisation of psychiatric care with homelessness and imprisonment have been published widely. AIMS: To identify cohort studies that followed up or traced back long-term psychiatric hospital residents who had been discharged as a consequence of deinstitutionalisation. METHOD: A broad search strategy was used and 9435 titles and abstracts were screened, 416 full articles reviewed and 171 articles from cohort studies of deinstitutionalised patients were examined in detail. RESULTS: Twenty-three studies of unique populations assessed homelessness and imprisonment among patients discharged from long-term care. Homelessness and imprisonment occurred sporadically; in the majority of studies no single case of homelessness or imprisonment was reported. CONCLUSIONS: Our results contradict the findings of ecological studies which indicated a strong correlation between the decreasing number of psychiatric beds and an increasing number of people with mental health problems who were homeless or in prison.
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