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Child Observation and Assessment Centres: Psychiatrist’ and Social Workers' Difficulties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jean Mary Harris
Jean Mary Harris*
Affiliation:
Child and Family Psychiatric Service, Dunstable Health Centre, Priory Gardens, Dunstable, Bedfordshire
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Summary

Two child observation and assessment centres run by a Social Services Department have quickly filled up with older children who stay indefinitely. Many of these children have physical as well as emotional problems and have been admitted as family emergencies in an unplanned way. The paper discusses how, if at all, the psychiatrist called in for advice by social workers can help. This is thought to be a widespread problem.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 2 , February 1978 , pp. 195 - 199
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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