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The Psychiatric Ward in a Children's Hospital: A Review of the first Two Years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. E. Copus
Affiliation:
Basingstoke District Hospital
W. Lumsden Walker
Affiliation:
Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol, BS2 8BJ

Extract

The history of in-patient units for the psychiatric treatment of children in the United Kingdom is largely confined to recent years. Their number is now slowly expanding, and there are approximately 60 in-patient psychiatric units for children and adolescents (R.M.P.A. 1970; Department of Health and Social Security, 1970).

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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