Article ID: CBB147518171

Innovation in mental health care: Bertram Mandelbrote, the Phoenix Unit and the therapeutic community approach (2023)

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Bertram Mandelbrote was Physician Superintendent and Consultant Psychiatrist at Littlemore Hospital in Oxford from 1959 to 1988. A humane pragmatist rather than theoretician, Mandelbrote was known for his facilitating style of leadership and working across organisational boundaries. He created the Phoenix Unit, an innovative admission unit run on therapeutic community lines which became a hub for community outreach. Material drawn from oral histories and witness seminars reflects the remarkably unstructured style of working on the Phoenix Unit and the enduring influence of Mandelbrote and fellow consultant Benn Pomryn’s styles of leadership. Practices initiated at Littlemore led to a number of innovative services in Oxfordshire. These innovations place Mandelbrote as a pioneer in social psychiatry and the therapeutic community approach.

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Article John Hall; Neil Armstrong; Peter Agulnik; Craig Fees; David Kennard; Jonathan Leach; David Millard (2023) The processes and context of innovation in mental healthcare: Oxfordshire as a case study. History of Psychiatry (pp. 3-16). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Neil Armstrong
Peter Agulnik
Hall, John
Jonathan Leach
Craig Fees
David Kennard
Journals
History of Psychiatry
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Journal of American Culture
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Scientia Canadensis: Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Publishers
Grand Central Publishing
Oxford University Press
State University of New York at Buffalo
Concepts
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Mental disorders and diseases
Nurses and nursing
Medicine
People
Willis, Francis
Rodger, Thomas Ferguson
David Millard
Rosenhan, David
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Oxford (England)
United States
Brazil
Great Britain
Canada
Norway
Institutions
National Health Service (Great Britain)
Maudsley Hospital (England)
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