title: Mental health. Long-stay service development: 'care'.
abstract: This is the first of two articles which describe the development of a new service for long-stay patients with chronic mental health problems. The first article highlights the theoretical and historical features of the project, and outlines the methods of the study. The second article examines the financial aspects of the project development, and draws conclusions from the data obtained.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016294:Models, Nursing