Revolution and Reform in the Mental Health Services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9101360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Jones (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 155-160 |
| Publication date | 1963-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-196307000-00006 |
| OpenAlex | W2012584182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the last decade, the mental health services have undergone three revolutions: a clinical revolution, following the introduction of the psychotropic drugs on a wide scale in I954-5; an administrative revolution brought about by the open-door movement in mental hospitals, and the rapid growth of the concept of community care; and a legislative revolution, embodied in the Mental Health Act of I959. The Act was the culmination of a process which began with the appointment of the Royal Commission on Mental Illness and Mental Deficiency in 1953, so that the three revolutions are roughly concurrent. The key years for change were the years I954-1959. We are still very close to this period, and it may not be possible to assess the effects of change fully for some years to come. This could be the beginning of a new era, in which the misery and distress which mental disorder causes to patients and their relatives will be alleviated as never before. It could be merely a temporary advance, with few permanent beneficial consequences
Commission · Distress · Legislature · Mental health · Mental Health Act · Political science · Psychiatry · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychiatric care and mental health services
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 2017 (43) |
| Highly cited | No |