Deinstitutionalisation does not increase imprisonment or homelessness.
Deinstitutionalisation does not increase imprisonment or homelessness.
01 May 2016
Closing long-stay psychiatric beds remains contentious. The review by Winkler et al in this issue examines 23 studies of deinstitutionalisation for the outcomes of people discharged from psychiatric hospitals after an admission of 1 year or longer. The majority of these studies identified no cases of homelessness, incarceration or suicide after discharge from hospital.