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passages: A controlled study of psychiatric hospital versus community treatment - the effect on relatives . One hundred and twenty patients presenting at Macquarie Hospital for admission were randomly allocated into two groups . The control group patients received standard hospital care and follow-up . The project group patients were not admitted if this could be avoided ; instead they were taken back to the community by the project team who provided them and their relatives with comprehensive , assertive and prolonged follow-up treatment backed by a 24-hour crisis service . The majority ( 63 % ) of the project group had no admission during the 10 month study period . Initially , the burden on the relatives of the project group was higher , but by one month it was somewhat lower and by four months it was significantly lower than the burden on the control group relatives . Relatives of the project group patients were significantly more satisfied with the treatment than control group relatives . It is clearly feasible to treat most psychiatric patients in the community without increasing the burden on their relatives .
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entities: standard hospital care and follow-up .
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entities: burden on their relatives .
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