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Secure Facilities for Mentally Impaired Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. S. Isweran  and
Elizabeth M. Bardsley
M. S. Isweran
Affiliation:
Leavesden Hospital, Abbots Langley, Watford, Hertfordshire
Elizabeth M. Bardsley
Affiliation:
Kingsbury Hospital, London NW9
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Regional Secure Units are already in operation in many Regions in England and Wales and in others secure units are either in the planning stage or are being built. Interim units are available in most of the Regions without a permanent unit. Almost all these developments appear to favour the mentally ill, and the placement of mentally impaired patients is not receiving sufficient consideration.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , February 1987 , pp. 52 - 54
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