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
24th Annual Conference 2019- Glasgow
The NAPICU annual conference will be held in Glasgow on 5th and 6th September 2019. Preliminary programme announced and registration now open, click here for further details.
Joint BAP NAPICU Educational Meeting on the Multidisciplinary Management of Acute Disturbance
Date: 20th & 21st March 2019 Venue: Peterhouse College, Cambridge, CB2 1RD Organised by: Dr Faisil Sethi (NAPICU) and Dr Maxine Patel (BAP) The National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care and Low Secure Units (NAPICU) and The British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) developed a new joint guideline in 2018, the Joint BAP NAPICU evidence based guidelines for […]
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
Annual Conference 2018 Award Winners
Congratulations to our award winners for 2018. Click here to view our award winners pictures.
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 […]
NEWS…
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 […]
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