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Psychiatric beds attached to a community mental health centre

Academic Department of Psychiatry, School of Postgraduate Medicine, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST4 7QB

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The loss of psychiatric beds associated with the closure of large psychiatric institutions creates problems for the community care of those with severe mental illness. This paper describes the use and possible advantages of a non-acute in-patient unit attached to a Community Mental Health Centre in North Staffordshire which has prioritised individuals with severe mental illness.

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