Abstract
Much of the medical care of the long-term mentally ill falls to the general practitioner (Wilkinson et al, 1985) and, for example, a survey in Buckinghamshire showed that these patients consult their general practitioner (GP) twice as often as mental health services. Lodging house dwellers are known to show an increased prevalence of major mental illness and to suffer much secondary social handicap, presenting a challenge to helping services of all disciplines. For this reason we chose a lodging house in which to explore further the relationships between mental illness and residents' present contact with their GP, mental health services and other local sources of help.
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JOHNBARNESH, onorary Senior Registrar, The London Hospital Medical College Academic Department of Psychiatry, Runwell and Basildon Hospitals, Runwell Hospital, Wickford, Essex SSI l 7QE; and GREGWILKINSONP,rofessor, The London Hospital Medical College Academic Department of Psychiatry, London El 2AD
Much of the medical care of the long-term mentally ill falls to the general practitioner (Wilkinson et al, 1985)and, for example, a survey in Buckinghamshire showed that these patients consult their general practitioner (GP) twice as often as mental health services
Lodging house dwellers are known to show an increased prevalence of major mental illness and to suffer much secondary social handicap, presenting a challenge to helping services of all disciplines. For this reason we chose a lodging house in which to eilxlnpelossreanfdurrtehseirdenthtse' prerleasteionnt schoipnstactbewtwitehenthemireGntPal, mental health services and other local sources of help. This small study was carried out in a 30 bedded lodging house in Southend, which accepts people discharged by local psychiatric units and is visited regularly by a community psychiatric nurse
Summary
Much of the medical care of the long-term mentally ill falls to the general practitioner (Wilkinson et al, 1985)and, for example, a survey in Buckinghamshire showed that these patients consult their general practitioner (GP) twice as often as mental health services. Lodging house dwellers are known to show an increased prevalence of major mental illness and to suffer much secondary social handicap, presenting a challenge to helping services of all disciplines. For this reason we chose a lodging house in which to eilxlnpelossreanfdurrtehseirdenthtse' prerleasteionnt schoipnstactbewtwitehenthemireGntPal, mental health services and other local sources of help
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