Trends in Admissions to a Regional Secure Unit (1983-1997)

Autor: Brown, Christine S H, Lloyd, Keith R, Donovan, Martin
Zdroj: Medicine, Science and the Law; January 2001, Vol. 41 Issue: 1 p35-40, 6p
Abstrakt: Admissions and discharges from a 30-bed regional secure unit (RSU) were surveyed over a 15-year period. In the last five years there has been a significant increase in the average length of stay of patients and a marked decrease in the number of admissions and discharges. The reasons for this ‘silting up’ of the RSU by longer-term patients and the consequences for an effective forensic psychiatric service are discussed.
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