5. On the up

Rates of detention to psychiatric hospitals have increased over the last 40 years, particularly in the last decade in England. This episode features a conversation with Dr Bryn Lloyd-Evans who has tested some hypotheses which may explain this increase. We focus on what the data says, which is not always what you might expect, so it’s worthwhile listening to this episode and reading the paper to find out more.

Dr Bryn Lloyd-Evans is a social work academic employed as an Associate Professor at University College London. His work involves evaluating mental health and social care services, with particular interests in community crisis care and social inclusion.

The podcast discusses tables and figures in the paper, so it is worthwhile downloading the full text which can be accessed here:

Sheridan Rains, L., Weich, S., Maddock, C., Smith, S., Keown, P., Crepaz-Keay, D., Singh, S.P., Jones, R., Kirkbride, J., Millett, L., Lyons, N., Branthonne-Foster, S., Johnson, S. and Lloyd-Evans, B. (2020) ‘Understanding increasing rates of psychiatric hospital detentions in England: development and preliminary testing of an explanatory model’, BJPsych Open, 6(5), e88.

The paper discussed in this podcast presents independent research commissioned and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme, conducted by the NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU) in Mental Health (PR-PRU-0916-22003). The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the NIHR, the Department of Health and Social Care or its arm’s length bodies, or other government departments.

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