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Psychiatric intensive care and low secure units past, present and future – introducing the Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2005

Roland Dix
Roland Dix
Affiliation:
Editor-in-Chief, Consultant Nurse Psychiatric Intensive Care and Secure Rehabilitation, Montpellier Unit, Wotton Lawn Hospital, Gloucester, UK

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At least twenty-five years have passed since the term ‘psychiatric intensive care unit’ (PICU) was imported into the UK and Western Europe from the United States. During that time the concept of psychiatric intensive care has continued to develop, with a number of important milestones.

Type
Editorial
Information
Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , September 2005 , pp. 1 - 2
Copyright
© 2005 NAPICU

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