title: Psychiatry 50 years ago.
abstract: The 1960s was a period of reform and innovation in the provision of care for people with mental health problems. The most important development was the move away from residential institutions and the development of community services based on district general hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Senior Lecturer in Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, London SE1 9RS.
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipsedge
authors.affiliation: Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, King's College London, London.
authors.forename: Jim P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000266:history*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D013038:Specialization / Q000266:history; D013405:Suicide / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom