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Some problems in the management of residents in psychiatric hostels in Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Terry Buchan*
Affiliation:
Swan Clinic, La Salle Avenue, Viveash, Western Australia 6056
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In the wake of legislation overseas, Western Australia promulgated a new Mental Health Act in 1966, paving the way for the establishment of private psychiatric hostels in the community and the discharge from mental hospitals of many chronically ill, long-stay patients.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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