Incident reports in secure psychiatric units.
In 1995 Sir Louis Blom-Cooper observed a 'picture of increasing violence in British psychiatric hospitals in recent years, although the rate of serious violence is mercifully low' (Blom-Cooper et al 1995). In the following report, the author examines the incidence and management of violent incidents in three secure psychiatric units in the West Country.
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Butler Clinic Regional Secure Unit, Langdon Hospital, South Devon.
D006801:Humans; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012308:Risk Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*