Article: Psychiatric patients went awol 82 times ; Mental health patients went AWOL from Plymouth psychiatric units 82 times in the past year.

Article: Two psychiatric units at the centre of an inquiry into the care of patients are being monitored closely by the State watchdog.
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  November 28, 2008 ;     202 words ...Watchdog monitoring psychiatric units over care fears Two psychiatric units at the centre of an inquiry into the care of patients are being monitored closely...one fracture, diagnosed in patients at St Michael's unit in...been sustained before the patients were admitted to the ...

Article: 50 mental patients are trapped in Carstairs
The Scotsman;  December 19, 2000 ;     560 words ......currently we have 40 plus patients awaiting discharge." Mr Manson said that more than 40 patients had been waiting for three...discharged. But a total of 56 patients were deemed fit to leave...this vulnerable group of patients but the problem is that...majority of the entrapped patients ...

Article: 350 psychiatric patients hospitalised for 25 years.(NEWS)
Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  December 22, 2006 ;     302 words ......Correspondent MORE than 350 patients currently in psychiatric...one-fifth of the 3,389 patients in units have been there...remaining old-style psychiatric hospitals should be...deaths among long-stay patients. The number of people resident in psychiatric units and hospitals ...

Article: Closures of psychiatric units raise an alarm
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 24, 2003 ;     440 words ......11-24-2003 Closures of psychiatric units raise an alarm...seeking to eliminate psychiatric units is Somerset Medical...14-bed unit for patients with eating disorders...can make money on psychiatric units, although perhaps...medical beds, where patients are more ...

Article: Watchdog's anger at appalling conditions for mental patients
The Scotsman;  November 9, 2000 ;     456 words ......conditions in Scotland's psychiatric units have been condemned in...under-investment leading patients and their families to feel...has remained in an acute psychiatric assessment ward because...conditions of Scotland's psychiatric units was also singled out for...remit is to speak up ...

Article: Patient support.(News)
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  October 6, 2003 ;     35 words ...Byline: RACHAEL TINNISWOOD THE Patients Council, which offers support to patients at the Broad Oak and Windsor House psychiatric units in Broadgreen,is appealing for more volunteers. Call 0151-250 5061 for an application form.

Article: Attacks increase in psychiatric wards; Leaked report reveals drink and drug users are terrorising patients and staff, but workers think it 'part of the job'
The Sunday Herald;  April 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ......violence against staff and patients in psychiatric wards. A leaked report, commissioned...Executive, found so great was patients' concern that some had already...extra powers to search fellow patients and visitors. According to...in Glasgow's 13 adult acute psychiatric wards, hundreds of ...

Article: Results of conventionally fractionated radiotherapy in supratentorial malignant glioma patients
Turkish Journal of Cancer;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Sixty patients with the diagnosis of supratentorial...1997, were retrospectively analyzed. The patients had a median age of 47 years and a median...and glioblastoma multiforme in 39 (65%) patients. Median survival was 13 months for all...

Article: Second woman patient is raped on NHS hospital mixed-sex ward.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 25, 2002 ;     700+ words ......concern campaigners for patients. Urgent checks on CCTV...victim was on a ward of patients suffering from conditions...illness. Like most modern psychiatric units, each patient has their...open - meaning most patients can come and go as they...cannot necessarily protect patients 24 ...

Article: Patients dissatisfied at two-tier GP funding
The Independent - London;  June 1, 1995 ;     499 words ...Patients of fundholding GPs are still getting to hospital faster...treatment, a new survey says. But the report says fundholders' patients are less satisfied than non- fundholders' with some of...There are 2,600 fundholding GPs covering 40 per cent of patients in England and Wales. They have budgets and buy ...

Article: Fears nursing job cuts will put patients at risk Union warning over plan to axe psychiatric staff
Evening Times;  August 11, 2005 ;     260 words ......UNION has warned psychiatric patients and staff at hospitals in...for managing staff at five psychiatric units. And the Independent Federation...being left to look after patients. But they have been told...leaving less time to deal with patients. Irenee O'Neill, the union...of staff and ...

Article: Rehospitalizations Among Psychiatric Patients Whose First Admission was Involuntary: A 10-Year Follow-Up
The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the characteristics of patients whose first admission to Israel's psychiatric units was involuntary, and...specific profile of the patients at increased risk for...proposals to modify the Patients' Rights Law, 1996 (1), including the rights of patients with psychiatric ...

Article: Endurance training in patients with multiple sclerosis: five case studies.
Physical Therapy;  November 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) exhibit various symptoms...between the ages of 20 and 30 years.[3] Even though these patients are often young and initially exhibit barely perceptible...General fatigue is a dominating problem for the majority of patients with MS.[5,6] This fatigue is believed to have a ...

Article: English hospitals getting dirtier, claim patients.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 21, 2005 ;     569 words ......their illnesses and treatment. The number of patients who rated A&E departments as very clean fell...Health. Across England, almost a third (31%) of patients said doctors and nurses in casualty did not listen...to contact if they were worried. Only 73% of patients said they had full confidence and ...