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Multidisciplinary crisis intervention service – a registrar's experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Lewin*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Watford General Hospital, Watford WD1 8HB
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Recent years have seen a steady move from a hospital based psychiatric service into a community orientated one. Mental health carers and psychiatrists need to be trained in order to be able to meet the changing demands placed upon them (Lancet, 1985).

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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