Scoping review of intensive psychiatric inpatient care provision for young people in Scotland: report

Glossary

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services - CAMHS

Chief Social Work Officers - CSWOs

High Dependency Units - HDU

Intensive Nursing Suite - INS

Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit - IPCU or PICU

In NHS Scotland inpatient units providing an intensive psychiatric service are known as "Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit" (IPCU). Elsewhere, including in NHS England, these wards are known as "Psychiatric Intensive Care Units" (PICUs). This review shall refer to these services as IPCUs unless referring to information that directly names them as PICUs (e.g. in documents form NHS England).

National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care and Low Secure Units - NAPICU

National Inpatient Forum - NIF

National Secure Adolescent Inpatient Service - NSAIS

Quality Network for Psychiatric Intensive Care Units - QNPICU

Responsible Medical Officer - RMO

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN

Young Person's Unit - YPU