Published twice a year it is an internationally renowned multi-disciplinary academic resource devoted to issues affecting the care and treatment of people with mental disorders who manifest severely disturbed functioning.
It provides stimulating papers and articles of interest to all disciplines, whether they work in psychiatric intensive care, low secure services, acute inpatient wards, challenging behaviour environments, emergency psychiatry, or intensive treatments settings in other parts of the wider mental health system.
The Journal seeks to encourage informed debate and exchange of opinion. The content includes editorials, original research, brief reports, reviews, conference reports, news and notices, but preference is given to original research of a high scientific quality.
The Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care encourages informed debate and exchange of opinion.
Its content includes editorials, original research, brief reports, reviews, conference reports, news and notices, but preference is given to original research of a high scientific quality.
The extent of mixed sex psychiatric intensive care in the UK: a service description
National discussions in the UK are progressing toward the elimination of mixed‑sex psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs), with a national position statement on single‑sex provision expected in 2026 and potential implementation around 2029. This brief report provides an updated overview of current PICU configuration across the UK to inform planning for this transition.
‘Mixed sex PICUs: Have times changed?’
Volume 21, Number 1, April 2025 Editorial by Roland Dix, Oana Ciobanasu, Seamus Watson & Jules Haste.
