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A Psychiatric Emergency Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. M. A. Smithies*
Affiliation:
Moorgreen Hospital, West End, Southampton; formerly Registrar, Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton
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Provision for dealing effectively with psychiatric emergencies has never been more important than now, with the current increasing emphasis on community care. There follows a description of the psychiatric emergency clinic in Southampton and the changes in its organisation and practice which have taken place over the last few years. It is hoped that this will stimulate discussion on the best methods of providing emergency psychiatric care.

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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1986

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