title: Intensive care for acute mental illness.
abstract: This article describes and evaluates a project at Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff which was set up to provide a safe and therapeutic short-term environment for psychiatric patients. Although the change described at the hospital takes place in a psychiatric setting, the relationship between caring and patient outcomes has implications for all nursing environments.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lehane
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D012931:Social Environment