TY - JOUR

T1 - The outsourcing of risk: out of area placements for those diagnosed with personality disorder in the UK

AU - Harding, Keir

AU - Poole, Rob

AU - Robinson, Catherine

PY - 2020/9/1

Y1 - 2020/9/1

N2 - According to the UK Department of Health and Social Care, out-of-area placements occur when a “person with assessed acute mental health needs who requires adult mental health acute inpatient care, is admitted to a unit that does not form part of the usual local network of services”. Although for many individuals this can mean a night in the neighbouring trust (an organisational unit within the NHS), for patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder it could mean years in a distant private psychiatric hospital.

AB - According to the UK Department of Health and Social Care, out-of-area placements occur when a “person with assessed acute mental health needs who requires adult mental health acute inpatient care, is admitted to a unit that does not form part of the usual local network of services”. Although for many individuals this can mean a night in the neighbouring trust (an organisational unit within the NHS), for patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder it could mean years in a distant private psychiatric hospital.

U2 - 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30148-6

DO - 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30148-6

M3 - Editorial

VL - 7

SP - 730

EP - 731

JO - Lancet Psychiatry

JF - Lancet Psychiatry

SN - 2215-0366

IS - 9

ER -