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Dedicated psychiatric care within general practice : health outcome and service providers' views
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Bruce, J. (Julie), Watson, Diane, Teijlingen, Edwin R. Van, Lawton, Ken, Watson, M. Stuart and Palin, Alastair N. (1999) Dedicated psychiatric care within general practice : health outcome and service providers' views. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29 (5). pp. 1060-1067. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01001.x ISSN 0309-2402.
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Abstract
Health service reforms have led to relocation of care of the chronic mentally ill from institutions to the community, with subsequent demands on the primary health care team. Few studies have attempted to identify satisfactory models of care for this patient group. This study explores the impact of the employment of a community psychiatric nurse (CPN) by a general practice in Aberdeen city to co-ordinate care of discharged long-stay psychiatric patients resettled in hostels. A similar general practice with a comparable group of registered patients was selected as a control group. Patient health outcome was measured using the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) and service providers' views on dedicated psychiatric care within general practice were explored using qualitative methods. Improvements in communication, liaison and drug management were reported in the intervention practice. A primary care-based CPN service dedicated to the care of the chronic mentally ill promoted a smooth transfer of care from long-term institutionalized care to the community setting.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Advanced Nursing | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | ||||
| ISSN: | 0309-2402 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1 May 1999 | ||||
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| Volume: | 29 | ||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1060-1067 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01001.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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