The regional hospitals' psychiatric units responsibilities
are:
- To provide, at the request of physicians or Community
Mental Health Centres, hospital based services, both in-patient and
day hospital, for voluntary and involuntary persons who are suffering
from acute psychiatric disorders.
- To offer hospital based 24-hour emergency and consultation
service to patients referred by physicians and Community Mental Health
Centres.
- To provide consultation services to Community Mental
Health Centres.
- To provide consultation/liaison services to other hospital
medical/surgical units.
- To participate in education programs for medical interns,
nursing students and students in occupational therapy, social work and
psychology, and in continuing education of physicians and mental health
professionals.
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