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Referrals to the emergency assessment clinic, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Huckle
Affiliation:
Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff CF4 7XB
M. Nolan
Affiliation:
Ely Hospital, Cardiff CF5 5XE
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A series of papers looking at the work of the walk-in psychiatric emergency service based at the Maudsley Hospital have been reported in the literature (Lim, 1983; Mindham et al, 1973; Brothwood, 1965). This clinic was established in 1952 and is one of the oldest in Europe. A similar clinic the Emergency Assessment Clinic (EAC) was introduced to Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff in 1970.

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References

Brothwood, J. (1965) The work of a psychiatric emergency clinic. British Journal of Psychiatry, 111, 631634.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Lim, M. H. (1983) A psychiatric emergency clinic – attendances over 6 months. British Journal of Psychiatry, 143, 460466.Google Scholar
Mindham, R. H. S., Kelleher, M. T. & Birley, J. L. T. (1973) A psychiatric casualty department. Lancet, 11691171.Google Scholar
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