title: Discharge from an acute psychiatric ward.
abstract: The last of three articles based on the findings of the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health acute care in-patient study focuses on the process of leaving hospital. As with admissions, discharge appears to be unplanned. Community staff are not involved in the process until the last minute and people feel uninformed about their discharge arrangements.
authors.affiliation: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D010054:Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification; D010351:Patient Discharge