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The Reason for Admission as a Focus of Work for an Adolescent Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peter Bruggen ,
John Byng-Hall  and
Tom Pitt-Aikens
Peter Bruggen
Affiliation:
Adolescent Unit, Hill End Hospital, St. Albans and Adolescent Department, Tavistock Clinic, Tavistock Centre, Belsize Lane, London, N.W.3
John Byng-Hall
Affiliation:
Tavistock Clinic, London and Adolescent Unit, Hill End Hospital, St. Albans
Tom Pitt-Aikens
Affiliation:
Tavistock Clinic, London and Adolescent Unit, Hill End Hospital, St. Albans
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In recent years provision of care for psychiatrically disturbed adolescents has received increasing attention. The present situation was summarized in a leading article in the British Medical Journal (1971) which emphasized one aspect of this provision—the need for adolescent in-patient facilities based within the community. This paper describes the ideas and practices of an adolescent unit which was opened at Hill End Hospital, St. Albans, in September 1969 to take younger adolescents (up to 16) of both sexes, from the area of the North-West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. This area covers 13,000 square miles and has a population of 4½ million, which the Unit aims to serve with 11 available beds. Who should be admitted to these places is clearly a critical question.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 568 , March 1973 , pp. 319 - 329
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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