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Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings

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  • Reference number: NG53
  • Published:  30 August 2016
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Research recommendations coming out of this guidance

  • Care and support for people with dementia:- What is the effect of specific interventions to support people with dementia during transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings?

  • People with complex needs other than dementia:- What is the effect of specific interventions to support people with complex needs because of multiple diagnoses and resistance to treatment during transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings? (This includes people with physical or learning disabilities, people with personality disorder, people with complex psychosis, people with long-term severe mental illness and people on the autistic spectrum.)

  • Children and young people in transition between settings:- What is the effect of specific interventions to support children and young people during transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings? Is there any particular benefit for black, Asian and minority ethnic communities?

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