title: [Closure of large psychiatric hospitals in England].
abstract: Contrary to the procedure followed in German-speaking countries, British national health policy since the fifties has been to promote and actively effect the closure and winding up of large psychiatric hospital centres in favour of alternative structures. The present article presents a preliminary balance sheet on 39 hospitals that have been closed since 1961 to the present day in the course of this shift-in-emphasis policy.
authors.affiliation: Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yates
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000639:trends*; D004739:England; D005544:Forecasting; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*
vernacular_title: Schliessung von psychiatrischen Grosskrankenhäusern in England.