Abstract
M.A. (Psychology)
The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the services and
methods provided by the various medical and psychological
professions within an inpatient psychiatric hospital setting.
While working at a psychiatric hospital, the researcher was
struck by the high readmittance rate of patients. This tended
to create a general feeling of disappointment, frustration and
impotence amongst the professions. The importance of such an
investigation was therefore required, in order to help facilitate
and improve current methods.
A thorough investigation of the literature with regard to the
current treatment methods at psychiatric hospitals, both on an
international and national level, were undertaken. An in-depth
case study was described and analysed to indicate the recurrent
procedures, methods and treatment modalities that were being
instituted within the hospital setting.
The aim of this thesis was also to propose an alternative method
to the current procedures, using an in-depth case study to
indicate the use thereof.