Leaving hospital: one- and two-year outcomes of long-stay psychiatric patients discharged to the community

Michael Donnelly, Sinead McGilloway, Nicholas Mays, Martin Knapp, Shane Kavanagh, Jennifer Beecham, Andrew Fenyo, Jack Astin (1996)

Journal of Mental Health 5 3 245-255

https://doi.org/10.1080/09638239650036910

Available online: 6 July 2009

Abstract

This study assesses the effects of relocation from hospital on the level of functioning, morale and satisfaction of 188 long-stay patients discharged from the six major psychiatric hospitals in Northern Ireland during 1990-1992. There was little change