As a result of the psychiatric hospital closure programme the use of private sector facilities for those needing longer-term care and support has increased. However, local rehabilitation services may be a better solution than out of area treatment.

Planning Requirements for the Hospital for the Mentally Subnormal. By Guv Aldis, A.R.I.B.A., A.A., Dipl. {Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd-, 80s.) The architectural ideas developed at Little Plumstead have set the standard for the whole country; and during the last ten years Little Plumstead designs have been copied or have been the prototype of all good new buildings in psychiatric hos...

OBJECTIVE This paper aims to explore the options available for developing community-based care and improving the quality of care in psychiatric hospitals in Ghana. METHOD Semi-structured interviews (SSIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted: with a cross-section of stakeholders including health professionals, researchers, policy makers, politicians, users and carers. The SSIs an...

Psychiatric rehabilition is the theory and practice of assisting persons with severe mental illnesses achieve and maintain goals. This consists of personal skills training and environmental accommodations, aimed at the person with the mental illness fulfilling roles. Although coercion in relation to psychiatric treatment has been discussed at length, coercion has not been sufficiently discussed...

The Mental Treatment Act of 1930, in addition to creating voluntary status for patients entering a psychiatric hospital for treatment and care, provided for the setting up of out-patient clinics at which such cases could be seen and properly assessed by a Pyschiatrist before hospitalisation was decided upon. The Act, as a whole, was an enlightened and forward looking piece of legislation and in...

In psychiatric hospitals a variety of health team professionals contribute to the provision of services which help patients re-enter and function independently within the community. The therapeutic recreation specialist, as a member of the team, is responsible for addressing the individual's leisure-related needs. To facilitate change, team members employ a defined systematic process consisting...

patients with psychiatric disorders are usually more exposed to multiple somatic illnesses, including liver diseases. specific links are established between psychiatric disorders and alcohol hepatitis, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c in the population as a whole, and specifically in drug abusers. metabolic syndrome criteria, and associated steatosis or non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (nash) are fre...

objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and its determinants of antipsychotic use in patients with psychiatric disorders. materials and methods: this study was on patients with psychiatric disorder that have discharged from the hospital. we have assessed all patients with psychiatric interview and evaluation of their psychiatric documentations. results: 90.7% of all ...