The social breakdown syndrome (SBS) is the name given to certain features of psychiatric patients’ deterioration. It is a useful concept because it specifies those features of patient functioning, especially extreme withdrawal and aggressive behavior, that become less common when new systems of delivering psychiatric services are introduced. (43 pp.)
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