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Patients at a Psychiatric Walk-in Clinic — Who, How, Why and When

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Camilla Haw ,
Colin Lanceley  and
Steven Vickers
Camilla Haw
Affiliation:
Regional Secure Unit, St Bernard's Hospital, Uxbridge Road, Southall, Middlesex, (formerly Registrar, Maudsley Hospital)
Colin Lanceley
Affiliation:
St Augustine's Hospital, Chartham, Canterbury, Kent (formerly locum Senior Registrar, Maudsley Hospital)
Steven Vickers
Affiliation:
Department of Computing, Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London, SW7
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In recent years there has been increasing emphasis on community-based psychiatric services. If these facilities are to be comprehensive they must include ways of assessing and managing crises and avoiding unnecessary hospitalisation. One way of meeting these needs is to provide small walk-in clinics in the community. A number of clinics have been established and more are planned. Although clients may refer themselves, access is usually limited to office hours and often only to a few hours each day.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 11 , Issue 10 , October 1987 , pp. 329 - 332
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