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Who needs an adolescent unit? A referrer satisfaction study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Gowers ,
Ron Symington  and
Ken Entwistle
Ken Entwistle
Affiliation:
Cloughside School, University of Manchester, Adolescent Unit, Prestwich Hospital, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 7BL
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Despite the recommendations of the Health Advisory Service report Bridges over Troubled Waters (1986), there has not been any dramatic growth in adolescent psychiatry as a sub-speciality. The HAS report highlighted the largely unmet special needs of this age group, the rising risk for mental illness with increasing age in adolescence, and the need for effective liaison between professional disciplines working with this age group. Nevertheless adolescent services increasingly perceive themselves as under threat from political initiatives and continue to fight their corner (e.g. Wells, 1989).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 15 , Issue 9 , September 1991 , pp. 537 - 540
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991

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