title: Mental health. Out of harm's way.
abstract: There are around 350 psychiatric intensive care units but standards vary. Guidelines have been published, bu there is no obligation to follow them. A number of units are inappropriately equipped--for example, 35 per cent lack single-sex facilities. Many PICU beds are blocked by patients who should be treated in low-secure units.
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dent
mesh_terms: D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom