Innovation in mental health care
Bertram Mandelbrote, the Phoenix Unit and the therapeutic community approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19444635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Millard (Formerly Green College Oxford, UK), Peter Agulnik (Retired psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Oxford, UK), Neil Armstrong (0000-0001-5458-9066, Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, UK), Craig Fees (0000-0002-0209-6945, University of Birmingham), John Hall (0000-0002-6453-8964, Oxford Brookes University), David Kennard (Retired clinical psychologist and group analyst, York, UK, corresponding author), Jonathan Leach (0000-0001-5142-4506, Open University, UK) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-33 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-154X • E-ISSN: 1740-2360 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0957154x221142416 |
| PMID | 36533510 |
| OpenAlex | W4311880203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 26 |
Bertram Mandelbrote was Physician Superintendent and Consultant Psychiatrist at Littlemore Hospital in Oxford from 1959 to 1988. A humane pragmatist rather than theoretician, Mandelbrote was known for his facilitating style of leadership and working across organisational boundaries. He created the Phoenix Unit, an innovative admission unit run on therapeutic community lines which became a hub for community outreach. Material drawn from oral histories and witness seminars reflects the remarkably unstructured style of working on the Phoenix Unit and the enduring influence of Mandelbrote and fellow consultant Benn Pomryn’s styles of leadership. Practices initiated at Littlemore led to a number of innovative services in Oxfordshire. These innovations place Mandelbrote as a pioneer in social psychiatry and the therapeutic community approach
Community hospital · Mental health · Metropolitan area · Outreach · Phoenix · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Therapeutic community · Witness · History · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology
The processes and context of innovation in mental healthcare
Happenstance and regulatory culture
The development of a creative work rehabilitation organisation
Not just a one-man revolution
The development of supported mental health accommodation and community psychiatric nursing in Oxfordshire
Steps in the Development of Integrated Psychiatric Services
The Cultural Politics of ‘Implementation Science’
An Introduction to Therapeutic Communities
Psychologically informed environments and the “Enabling Environments” initiative
After Managerialism
Social breakdown syndrome
A Community Method of Psychotherapy
Social Psychiatry in Practice
Making
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |