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Published Online: August 1989

Developing a Unit for Mentally Retarded—Mentally Ill Patients on the Grounds of a State Hospital

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For some time patients with the dual diagnosis of mental retardation and mental illness have been recognized as a distinct patient population, but development of programs meeting their special needs is slow. In October 1986 a Massachusetts state psychiatric facility opened a rebabilitative program for such patients in a separate 40-bed unit on the hospital grounds. All patients admitted to the Specialized Habilitative and Rehabilitative Environment (SHARE) program had long histories of institutionalization, and many had been treated with neuroleptic drugs for several years. Most patients now attend day programming, and a few have been able to move on to less restrictive environments. Patients' average neuroleptic dosage has been substantially reduced. This progress has been made in spite of such program-development problems as the need to change staffs long-held perspectives about dual-diagnosis patients, lack of funding, and high staff turnover.

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Pages: 836 - 840

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Published in print: August 1989
Published online: 1 April 2006

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Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, Charles River Hospital in Wellesley, Massachusetts
Medfield (Mass.) State Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Medfield State Hospital
Medfield State Hospital, Wrentham (Mass.) State School

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190 Jackson Street, Newton Centre, Massachusetts 02159

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