Psychiatric day-care in Birmingham
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11177525 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Hassall (Warneford Hospital), Dennis Gath (Warneford Hospital), K W Cross (Warneford Hospital) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 112-120 |
| Publication date | 1972-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/jech.26.2.112 |
| PMID | 5047159 |
| OpenAlex | W1969051984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
The first psychiatric day-hospital in the United Kingdom was established in 1946 through the initia- tive of Bierer. This innovation was received with some scepticism (Bierer, 1955) and five years passed before a second day-hospital was created. Interest gradually increased, and by 1959 there were at least 38 psychiatric day-hospitals In the early sixties the movement received an impetus from the drive to reduce the number of in-patient beds in mental hospitals, and by 1966 the number of dayhospitals had increased to 65
Day care · Day hospital · Family medicine · Population · Psychiatry · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Nursing · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Schizophrenia research and treatment
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 1987 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |