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Assessment of a secure/intensive care/forensic ward
Author(s) -
Basson J. V.,
Woodside M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1981.tb00767.x
Subject(s) - referral , medicine , medical emergency , catchment area , intensive care , acute care , service (business) , situated , emergency medicine , family medicine , health care , intensive care medicine , drainage basin , geography , cartography , economy , economic growth , economics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Recent trends in psychiatric hospitals have re‐established the need for semi‐secure, well‐staffed acute wards. Such a ward is described and 400 consecutive admissions over a 34‐month period reviewed. Using 13 beds all the acute patients requiring security and intensive treatment are managed from a total catchment area of 600,000. A wide range of referral agencies and diagnostic categories are encountered. Staff in the general psychiatric hospital where the ward is situated are satisfied with the service. A small group of chronically‐disturbed patients require separate facilities.