psychiatric ward
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpsychiatricandward
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psychiatric
adjective
uk/ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.rɪk/us/ˌsaɪ.kiˈæt.rɪk/
of or relating to the study of ...
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ward
noun[C]
uk/wɔːd/us/wɔːrd/
one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds ...
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(Definition ofpsychiatricandwardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Infrequently, there may be necessity for transfer of patients to the acutepsychiatricward.
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The unit serves as a generalpsychiatricwarddealing with the full array of psychopathology and no selection operates on patients referred to it for in-patient treatment.
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Such symptoms may necessitate moving the patient to the acutepsychiatricwardfor further assessment or treatment under the care of the old age psychiatry team.
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It is run more on the lines of a medicalpsychiatricward.
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I shall not send you to apsychiatricward.
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It was a women'spsychiatricwardoccupied mostly by elderly and bedridden patients.
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Thepsychiatricwarddeclined to take her because her condition was not considered pyschiatrically treatable.
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I understand the fire started in an acutepsychiatricwardon the first floor.
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The figures for discharges are split between first admissions and readmissions to apsychiatricward.
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I received a letter from one of my constituents who was recently admitted to apsychiatricward.
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If one is in apsychiatricwardof an ordinary hospital one can be registered, but if one is in a psychiatric hospital one cannot be registered.
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It was apsychiatricward, and it was on the top floor of the hospital and our patients started throwing themselves out of it.
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The pattern of the future is the openpsychiatricward, in or adjacent to the general hospital.
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She added that it was easier to get back into prison than on to thepsychiatricward.
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All too often people, particularly elderly people, are put into apsychiatricwardbecause of the misunderstanding and confusion that the condition creates in their mind.
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A senior sister in apsychiatricwardwho takes a diploma in mental health immediately loses a large amount of her pay.
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Not one nurse—not even the sister in charge of thepsychiatricward—was informed that the ward would be shut the following day.
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Not long ago a patient was lost from apsychiatricwarddue to an absence of supervision and was missing for 24 hours.
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