Community Contacts of Institutionalised Mental Defectives

Ballinger, Brian R.

doi:10.1179/bjms.1970.004

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“…Even so there was little in our survey to suggest a relationship between visiting (or its absence) and psychiatric disorder. Visiting was, in fact, remarkably similar throughout all the clusters, apart from Cluster 6, who had the lowest frequency by far, but they were the oldest, had been in hospital longest, and a decline in visiting with age is understandable and has been commented on previously by Ballinger (1970).…”

Section: Visiting and Behavioural Syndromesmentioning

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Behavioural syndromes identified by cluster analysis in a sample of 100 severely and profoundly retarded adults

Reid¹,

Ballinger²,

Heather³

1978

Psychol. Med.

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SynopsisVery little is known about psychiatric disorders in severely and profoundly retarded adults. We have investigated these disorders by systematically recording and collecting data about the behaviour of 100 severely and profoundly retarded hospitalized adults and subjecting the data thus derived to cluster analysis. Eight clusters were isolated. The clinical psychiatric significance of these clusters is discussed and their relationship to cause of retardation, duration of stay in hospital and visiting is considered. A diagnostic framework for psychiatric disorder in severely and profoundly retarded adults is put forward and some possible treatment approaches are suggested.

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Section: Visiting and Behavioural Syndromesmentioning

confidence: 61%

Behavioural syndromes identified by cluster analysis in a sample of 100 severely and profoundly retarded adults

Reid¹,

Ballinger²,

Heather³

1978

Psychol. Med.

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“…Institutions have appeared as impenetrable edifices and a good deal of initial concern centred on the fact that even links with individuals' families could not be maintained. Large mental handicap hospitals serve territories of considerable size and the majority of early research studies on family visiting patterns found that visiting rates declined with the distance relatives must travel (Schultz & Buckman, 1965;Burrows et al, 1968;Campbell, 1969;Ballinger, 1970;Anderson et al, 1975). Segregation from the activities and life of the general community has also been a concern for people living in long stay hospitals.…”

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Clients' community and social contacts: results of a 5‐year longitudinal study

Lowe

Paiva

1991

J intellect Disabil Res

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ABSTRACT. Clients’ contacts with a range of community amenities and with their friends and relatives were examined to assess the impact of a new community‐based service. Results over a 5‐year period were compared for clients in different residential settings: supported ordinary housing, mental handicap hospital and private family homes. Findings indicated increased use of community amenities for those in supported housing and in their family homes. Little change was noted in clients’ contact with relatives, and the paucity of social contact with friends was highlighted. Use of community amenities in relation to the development of social networks is dicussed.

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“…While many variables have been investigated, ranging from level of adaptive behaviour (D'Onofrio et al, 1980;Ballinger, 1970;Balla and Zigler, 1971), presence of physical disabilities (Anderson, Schlottman, andWeiner, 1979, andparental characteristics (Burrows, Pasewark, andGillette, 1968), the most common variable studied has been distance of the service from the family home. Although the occasional study has not found an effect (for example, Klaber, 1969), most studies have found that the distance relatives must travel reduces the frequency ofcontact they have with their family member (Campbell, 1968;Burrows, Pasewark, and Gillette, 1968;Ballinger, 1970;Ralla and Zigler, 1971;McKeown, Cross, and Keating, 1971;Anderson, Schlottman, and Weiner, 1975). T h e provision of local community services resulted in more frequent family contact for people with severe and profound handicaps compared with control groups in traditional institutions (Felce, Lunt, and Kushlick, 1980).…”

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Community and family contact: an evaluation of small community homes for adults with severe and profound mental handicaps

Kock¹,

Saxby²,

Thomas³

et al. 1988

Mental Handicap Research

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Two studies examined the frequency of community and family contacts of 10 adults with severe and profound mental handicaps living in small, community-based homes, first with their previous institutional experience and second in comparison with adults with similar handicaps living in larger community units.Adults in the small homes used community amenities significantly more than they did when in institutions and also significantly more than residents of larger community units. They experienced greater family contact than when they lived in more distant institutions, but not significantly more than residents of larger community units which also served local areas. Within the small homes, people newly admitted from their family homes had significantly greater family involvement than those transferred from institutions. The results are related to the characteristics of the residential settings, such as location, staff factors, operational policy, and autonomy of management.

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Community Contacts of Institutionalised Mental Defectives

Cited by 8 publications

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Behavioural syndromes identified by cluster analysis in a sample of 100 severely and profoundly retarded adults

Behavioural syndromes identified by cluster analysis in a sample of 100 severely and profoundly retarded adults

Clients' community and social contacts: results of a 5‐year longitudinal study

Community and family contact: an evaluation of small community homes for adults with severe and profound mental handicaps

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