title: The Glasgow rehabilitation survey.
abstract: To assess the future requirements for long-stay psychiatric beds, every consultant psychiatrist in Glasgow was asked to consider whether long-stay patients in his or her wards would be fit for rehabilitation and return to the community. For the purposes of the survey, long stay was defined as a single admission of at least six months, but patients with an organic diagnosis who were aged over 65 were excluded. It was estimated that, with rehabilitation, almost a third of the patients surveyed could return to the community, and that, with more participation in self-care, over 15% might be able to manage in a ward or hostel within the the hospital. Patients judged fit to return to the community were preponderantly younger patients with a shorter period of in-patient care, and those suffering from a functional psychotic illness.
authors.affiliation: University of Glasgow.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Livingston
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bryson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012606:Scotland