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The development of community based adult mental health services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jackie Powell
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Centre for Evaluative and Development Research (CEDR), Department of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton SO9 5NH
Robin Lovelock
Affiliation:
Centre for Evaluative and Development Research (CEDR), Department of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton SO9 5NH
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Service initiatives such as the decentralisation of adult mental health care by way of multidisciplinary patch teams have wide-ranging implications for professional practice. The successful development of community based services demands that staff adopt different roles from those appropriate to the hospital setting.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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