Design in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units: Problems and issues

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 70-76

  Pereira, Stephen M ^a   Chaudhry, Khadija ^a   Pietromartire, Sabrina ^a   Dale, Colin ^b   Halliwell, Jim ^c  

^a NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute of Mental Health in England   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Estates ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Department of Health National Minimum Standards for General Adult Services in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units and Low Secure Environments; low secure units; physical environment; Psychiatric Intensive Care Units

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011454492     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17422206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646406000124     Document Type: Article

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