A community mental health team to serve revolving door patients. The Doddington Edward Wilson (DEW) Mental Health Team 1984-1988.
This is a descriptive paper. It outlines the running of a specialist service aimed to meet the needs of long-term mentally ill patients who live in community settings in an inner urban district of London. The service functions in an outreach model from an office base on a large public housing estate. No patient care premises are available on site, consequently all patient activities are carried out in public rooms and other non-mental-health venues. The staffing of the Team and details of its organisational practice are described: demographic and clinical statistics for two years' working are presented. Advantages and disadvantages of the outreach model are discussed. The need for such a specialist service in contrast to the traditional generic service model is argued. The paper is intended as a basic description to underlie current evaluative studies. No evaluation data are presented here.
McLean
E K
EK
Doddington Edward Wilson Mental Health Service, London, U.K.
Leibowitz
J
J
D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends*; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000639:trends; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000639:trends; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration; D012944:Social Support