The NHS practice of forensic psychiatry in one region.
The present paper outlines the number and distribution of forensic patients within one region. In addition, attitudes to both available services and existing legislation are described. Regional and national data are compared so that the results can be used by other regions which are currently planning a development of their own forensic services.
D004739:England; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D013222:State Medicine