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Low secure care: a description of a new service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2006

M J Page
M J Page
Affiliation:
Montpellier Low Secure Unit, Gloucestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Gloucester, UK
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Abstract

This article describes in detail the service delivered by the Multidisciplinary Team at the Montpellier Low Secure Unit in Gloucester. The development of the service, the physical environment and the admission criteria are described. The article focuses on the stages of treatment experienced by the patient namely: assessment, ongoing care and treatment and pre discharge planning.

Keywords

Low secureMultidisciplinary teamPhysical environmentNew long stayPsychosocial interventions

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Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , December 2005 , pp. 89 - 96
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© 2006 NAPICU

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