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Trends in admissions to a regional secure unit (1983-1997)
C S Brown1, K R Lloyd, M Donovan
1Department of Mental Health, University of Exeter, Wonford House, Dryden Road, Exeter EX2 5AF.
Medicine, Science, and the Law
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
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.