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A tentative start: evaluation of alternative forms of care for chronic users of psychiatric services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Stephen Colgan ,
Keith Bridges ,
Langley Brown  and
Brian Faragher
Stephen Colgan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury Manchester M20 8LR
Keith Bridges
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary
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In the past decade there has been a rapid diversification of services provided for patients with chronic psychiatric illnesses. Although these services are thought to be beneficial for those who use them, there has been little in the way of objective evaluation. As new services begin to compete for the limited resources available, it has been recommended that they should demonstrate their effectiveness. This paper reports a small pilot study on the value of an arts based service known as START (Bridges & Brown, 1989) which won a BBC ‘It's My City’ competition in 1989. It has been a popular component of the rehabilitation services of the Department of Psychiatry, Manchester Royal Infirmary since its inception in 1986.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 10 , October 1991 , pp. 596 - 598
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

References

Bridges, K. & Brown, L. (1989) Psychiatric patients work alongside artists on prize winning project. British Medical Journal, 299, 532.Google Scholar
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