NAPICU have now produced guidance for acute disturbance in the context of COVID 19 to read the full guidance click here
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NAPICU had the launch of Occupational Therapists Network. Full details click here
Quarterly Meeting Stafford February 2020
NAPICU held its first Quarterly Meeting of 2020 in Stafford – “Collaborative working and the interfaces between PICU, prison and forensic services. How to improve the patient experience” Click here for more details
NAPICU Quarterly Meeting June 2019
Thursday 20th June 2019, Advancing the Reduction of Restrictive Interventions in PICU and Low Secure Environments Registration now open, click here for more details
NAPICU Quarterly Meeting May 2019
Friday 17th May 2019, Improving and Innovating in CAMHS PICU and Low Secure Services Programme and registration now open, click here for more details
NAPICU Charity Status
We are proud to announce that the National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care and Low Secure Unit (known as NAPICU) is now a registered Scottish Charity, regulated by the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) Charity number – SC048876
NAPICU Quarterly Meetings
Find out about upcoming and past quarterly meeting here
NEW! Joint BAP NAPICU evidence based guidelines for the clinical management of acute disturbance (de-escalation and rapid tranquillisation)
The National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care and Low Secure Units (NAPICU) and The British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) have developed a new joint guideline. Topic: Rapid Tranquilisation Co-Authors: Maxine X Patel, Faisil N Sethi With co-authors (in alphabetical order): TRE Barnes, R Dix, L Dratcu, BJ Fox, M Garriga, J Haste, KG Kahl, A Lingford-Hughes, RH McAllister-Williams, A O’Brien, C Parker, B Paterson, C Paton, S Posporelis, DM Taylor, E Vieta, B Völlm, C Wilson-Jones and L Woods […]
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NAPICU and the British Association of Psychopharmacology (BAP) are working together to produce Evidence Based Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Acute Disturbance (De-escalation and Rapid Tranquillisation). Following the Experts’ Consensus Day Meeting in London in June 2017, work is now fully underway to draft the guideline. Dr Faisil Sethi (NAPICU Vice Chairman) said: this […]