title: Out of sight, out of mind: Female sexuality and the care plan approach in psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study examines how often issues surrounding sexuality were taken into account when managing 56 women inpatients of reproductive age.
  
  
  METHODS
  Examination of the records of women discharged from the psychiatric wards of a hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  80% for whom there was no mention of contraceptive usage were taking at least one drug that is inadvisable in pregnancy, and 53% of this group had an identified sexual partner. There was a lack of recorded data on other aspects of sexual health. When children were mentioned in the admitting history, details were incomplete.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is argued that a thorough approach to assessment and care planning is needed in this population.
authors.affiliation: The Maples Young People's Service, Poole Community Health Clinic, Poole.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cole
keywords: Women Sexual Health Serious Mental Illness Contraception Children