Imperial College London
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Emeritus ProfessorPeterTyrer

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Emeritus Professor in Community Psychiatry - Clinical
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 4161p.tyrer

 
 
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Location

 

13.09Claybrook CentreCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Tyrer:2018:10.3390/ijerph15050972,
author = {Tyrer, P},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph15050972},
journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health},
title = {The importance of nidotherapy and environmental change in the management of people with complex mental disorders.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050972},
volume = {15},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Much has been done in the last 50 years to achieve a better understanding of the psychosocial causes and other factors influencing the manifestation of mental illness, but there has been a conspicuous omission. Although gross environmental deficiencies were exposed in old mental institutions, 70 years ago the more subtle maladaptive settings that reinforce chronicity in mental illness have often been forgotten. In this review, the potential of systematic environmental manipulation as a treatment (nidotherapy) and other similar forms of management, used many times in the past but now mainly in forensic settings, is examined. There is now accumulating evidence, reinforced by controlled trials, that planned environmental change, preferably carried out with the full cooperation of the patient, can be a major contributor to therapeutic benefit. It is also very cost-effective. All forms of the environment, physical, social and personal, can be addressed in making assessments, and once a planned way forward has been chosen, progress can be monitored by personnel with limited mental health experience. These interventions have applications in general mental health and occupational health services and deserve much wider use.
AU  - Tyrer,P
DO  - 10.3390/ijerph15050972
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1660-4601
TI  - The importance of nidotherapy and environmental change in the management of people with complex mental disorders.
T2  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050972
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29757254
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/60027
VL  - 15
ER  -
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