National guidance for transfer of prisoners to PICUs

Most would agree that it is inappropriate and increasingly unacceptable that people experiencing acute mental health problems, which have directly resulted in a minor offence, should find themselves imprisoned. [...]delays in securing appropriate treatment in hospital must be considered equally unac...

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Published inJournal of psychiatric intensive care Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 3 - 4
Main Author Dix, Roland
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published East Kilbride National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care and Low Secure Units, NAPICU 01.04.2022
Subjects
Editorials
Health services
Intensive care
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Prisoners
Prisons
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Most would agree that it is inappropriate and increasingly unacceptable that people experiencing acute mental health problems, which have directly resulted in a minor offence, should find themselves imprisoned. [...]delays in securing appropriate treatment in hospital must be considered equally unacceptable. Talking with colleagues around the country in a variety of related mental health services, revealed wide variations in understanding across facets of the Mental Health Inpatient Estate. There may be increasing scope for further development of psychologically informed prison environments, a wider range of treatment options for mental health conditions and a greater synergy between mental health and life skills which could feature more centrally within a period of imprisonment than is currently the case.
ISSN:1742-6464
1744-2206
DOI:10.20299/jpi.2022.003