The TAPS Project. 10: the long-stay populations of Friern and Claybury hospitals. the baseline survey
O'Driscoll, C.; Wills, W.; Leff, J.; Margolius, O.
British Journal of Psychiatry. Suppl 19: 30-35
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0960-5371 PMID: 8484928 Document Number: 418362
As part of the TAPS project, the baseline long-stay populations of Friern and Claybury Hospitals were compared using the TAPS assessment schedules. Each hospital has reduced bed numbers by two-thirds, and although the two have been subjected to different influences, their remaining long-stay patients were similar, and characterised by severe problems with hygiene, florid psychotic symptoms, a high prevalence of negative symptoms, and impoverished social networks.