This article discusses the needs of long-term psychiatric patients returning to the community in West Lambeth, and why the occupational therapists at Tooting Bec Hospital developed the Bec Enterprises workscheme. It outlines the value of work from a psychological and physical standpoint, and the way in which four workshops have developed over the past 2 years.
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