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Chapter 9 - Substance Misuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

By
Lucy M. Walker  and
Stephen M. Pereira
Edited by
Roland Dix ,
Stephen Dye  and
Stephen M. Pereira
Roland Dix
Affiliation:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester
Stephen Dye
Affiliation:
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Ipswich
Stephen M. Pereira
Affiliation:
Keats House, London
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Summary

This chapter outlines the scale of the problem of substance misuse in the context of psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) and related services. Further, it discusses relevant health inequalities and how these impact on the issue. It also reviews the characteristics of dually diagnosed patients and illustrates how substance use commonly presents in clinical practice in PICUs, low secure units (LSUs) and locked rehabilitation units (LRUs).

Keywords

psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU)low secure unit (LSU)locked rehabilitation unit (LRU)substance misusedrug-related deaths (DRDs)health inequalitiesdual diagnosisurinalysisbreathalyserbloodborne virus (BBV)
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Psychiatric Intensive Care , pp. 106 - 123
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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