The outsourcing of risk: out of area placements for those diagnosed with personality disorder in the UK
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- 2020 Lancet Psychiatry Editorial
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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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 730-731 |
| Journal | Lancet Psychiatry |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2020 |
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