Acorn Ward, our 10 bed female PICU service, accepts emergency and crisis admissions. Referrals can come to us from all areas, including acute and prison services. Our aim is a short, rapid intervention to help service users regain a sense of control and order in their lives, so they can move to a less restrictive care setting and return home. The service provides expert, intensive, short-term, individualised care for service users detained under the Mental Health Act. Service users will present with increased risks that require them to be assessed and treated in a PICU environment. Download Acorn Ward Flyer406.47 KB Our Service User Profile Women, aged 18+ Detained under the Mental Health Act Experiencing difficulties that present a risk to the well-being of themselves or others that cannot be treated in an open environment Diagnoses may include: Acute mental illness Acute depressive illness Psychosis Schizophrenia Bi-polar disorder Personality disorder Dual diagnosis May present with co-morbid presentations: Self-harm Substance misuse issues Complex needs
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