Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-24hb2 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-27T07:07:48.315Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

The Role of a Consultant Psychiatrist in a Residential Caring Establishment: a personal view

(A personal view)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

D. C. Wallbridge*
Affiliation:
Islington Social Services Department
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

In this paper I have outlined a model for the role of a Consultant Psychiatrist who is appointed for the purpose of providing ‘staff support’ in a Residential Caring Establishment. Some of the issues that arise are stated and discussed. The use of the model I propose leads to some recurrent, identifiable psychosocial phenomena which warrant further study and discussion.

Type
Research Article
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
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.
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978

References

1. Stanton, and Schwarz, (1954). The Mental Hospital.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.