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Long-term Users of Mental Health Services

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The terms ‘long-term’ and ‘continuing/continued’ clients came into use in the 1980s, replacing the term ‘chronic’. As suggested in Chapter 2, the latter was perceived as negatively judgemental and as predetermining the likelihood of a mental health service user remaining seriously distressed forever.

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Ramon, S. (1996). Long-term Users of Mental Health Services. In: Mental Health in Europe. Issues in Mental Health. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24811-7_6

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