title: Security at a "model" psychiatric center.
abstract: The security problems faced by a recently opened psychiatric center located on the campus of a hospital--including staffing, fire safety, access control, patient restraints, and budget cuts--and how they are being dealt with.
authors.affiliation: Thomason Hospital, El Paso, TX, USA.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Camacho
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cottrell
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D007318:Inservice Training; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013781:Texas