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Recommendation
Conditional discharge
To amend the law so that all sub- target group patients as well as some target group patients, whether offenders or non-offenders, are discharged subject to conditions imposed by the medical
superintendent or a consultant psychiatrist.
Recall for breach of conditions
To amend the law so that all conditionally discharged patients should be subject to recall for medical examination and possible readmission to hospital if
necessary.
Present position
Included in the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill.
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Unconditionally discharged patients
To persuade the patient and his family to accept home visits by a social worker or community psychiatric nurse, and to continue the necessary follow-up treatment.
Referral to half-way houses
To discharge all conditionally discharged patients to special half-way houses and to encourage unconditionally discharged patients to spend some time in an ordinary half-way house prior to full return to the community.
(Note: The title 'Community
Therapeutic Centre' has been adopted to replace
special half-way house'.)
Reaching out
More positive efforts to be made by community psychiatric nurses and social workers to reach out to ex-mental patients.
This is now being done.
475 ordinary half-way houses places are
available, but so far no Community Therapeutic Centres are in operation.
Action being taken.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.