The National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units: 25 years not out

The total facilities included access to a seclusion room off to our centre left, a small seating area to our right and three plastic chairs. Unlike many other areas of Mental Health Care which have developed as part of a centralised policy with top down infrastructure, the Psychiatric Intensive Care...

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Published inJournal of psychiatric intensive care Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 5 - 6
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
Intensive care
Mental health
Patients
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Summary:The total facilities included access to a seclusion room off to our centre left, a small seating area to our right and three plastic chairs. Unlike many other areas of Mental Health Care which have developed as part of a centralised policy with top down infrastructure, the Psychiatric Intensive Care movement developed organically. There was of course also the secondary effect of improving the job satisfaction and safety of staff determined to assist patients who were most in need.
ISSN:1742-6464
1744-2206
DOI:10.20299/jpi.2022.006