Psychiatric Bulletin (1995) 19: 660-662. doi: 10.1192/pb.19.11.660
© 1995 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Impact of a community-based challenging behaviour service on bed occupancy
David W. Perry, Registrar in Psychiatry,
Vallepur H. R. Krishnan, Consultant in Developmental Psychiatry,
Sidhartha Tewari, Senior Registrar in Developmental Psychiatry,
Colin Cowan, Senior Registrar in Psychiatry and
Ashok Roy, Consultant Psychiatrist*
Brooklands, Marston Green, Birmingham B37 7HL
* Correspondence
People with learning disability and behavioural disturbance can be difficult to treat in the community, frequently requiring specialist in-patient assessment. The impact which a new community-based challenging behaviour service has had on a district's in-patient bed use is described.
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