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“Temporary” Treatment: An Analysis of Thirty Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

L. H. Wootton  and
Louis Minski
L. H. Wootton
Affiliation:
St. Ebba's Hospital, Epsom
Louis Minski
Affiliation:
St. Ebba's Hospital, Epsom
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Since the passing of the Mental Treatment Act, 1930, 30 patients have been admitted to St. Ebba's Hospital under Section 5, and it is proposed to analyse the type of case admitted, and to mention some of the difficulties encountered in treating patients on a temporary basis.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 83 , Issue 345 , July 1937 , pp. 366 - 371
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1937 

References

(1) Barbour, W. J., “Temporary Treatment in Mental Hospital Practice”, Brit. Med. Journ., Feb. 6, 1937, p. 281.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
(2) Marshall, J. K., “A Note on the Potential Use of Temporary Treatment”, Journ. Med. Sci., Jan., 1936, lxxxii, No. 336, p. 43.Google Scholar
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