Bennett M I, Gudeman J E, Jenkins L, Brown A, Bennett M B
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Boston.
Am J Psychiatry. 1988 Oct;145(10):1273-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.145.10.1273.
The access of the homeless mentally ill to the benefits of psychiatric hospitalization has been excessively limited by deinstitutionalization, the devaluation of the benefits of inpatient evaluation and treatment, a shortage of public-sector psychiatric beds, and a tendency to regard the homeless mentally ill as untreatable. A pilot program was devised to increase the access of the homeless mentally ill to short-term hospital-based treatment within a public mental health system in which beds are in short supply. The program's usefulness demonstrates the value of hospital-based treatment for this population and suggests that hospital-based treatment is currently underutilized.
去机构化、住院评估和治疗益处的贬值、公共部门精神病床位短缺以及倾向于将无家可归的精神病患者视为无法治疗，这些因素过度限制了无家可归的精神病患者获得精神病住院治疗的益处。在一个床位短缺的公共心理健康系统中，设计了一个试点项目，以增加无家可归的精神病患者获得短期住院治疗的机会。该项目的实用性证明了针对这一人群的住院治疗的价值，并表明目前住院治疗未得到充分利用。
