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A Social Rehabilitation Programme for the Long-Stay Mental Hospital Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. C. Bland  and
G. W. H. Nixon
R. C. Bland
Affiliation:
Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Box 307, Edmonton Alberta; Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
G. W. H. Nixon
Affiliation:
Alberta Guidance Clinic, Edmonton, Alberta
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An account is given of an active treatment programme at a Canadian Provincial Mental Hospital. This programme was designed to reintegrate institutionalized patients, mainly schizophrenics, into the community.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 565 , December 1972 , pp. 641 - 645
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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