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The Planning of Modern Psychiatric Units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. J. O'Reilly*
Affiliation:
Winson Green Hospital, Birmingham

Extract

I welcome the opportunity of presenting this short paper to the meeting, particularly as I have just returned from the United States, where I have seen something of the modern trend of psychiatry in that country.

The memorandum on the future organization of the psychiatric services, published by this Association in 1944, defines a psychiatric unit as that part of a general hospital, whether in-patients or out-patient, which is set aside for the treatment of mental disorders, with or without legal formalities.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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