Mentally ill being 'set up for failure' with short hospital stays

From the August 22nd edition of The Province:

By Becky Rynor, Canwest News Service

OTTAWA - Hospitals may be discharging patients with chronic mental conditions like schizophrenia too quickly, suggest new statistics released Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

"We're kind of setting people up for failure," said Schizophrenia Society of Canada president Pamela Forsythe. "If we send people out before there's been a chance to arrange appropriate follow-up services or address issues around inadequate housing or access to appropriate supports and treatments . . . the gains that may be starting to appear from the time in hospital are very quickly lost."

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