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Unlocking an acute psychiatric ward: the impact on unauthorised absences, assaults and seclusions

Aims and method The acute psychiatric in-patient service in Christchurch, New Zealand, recently changed from two locked and two unlocked wards to four open wards. This provided the opportunity to evaluate whether shifting to an unlocked environment was associated with higher rates of adverse events,...

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Autores principales: Beaglehole, Ben, Beveridge, John, Campbell-Trotter, Warren, Frampton, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5376725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28400967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.115.052944