Physical health monitoring before commencing regular antipsychotics in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) - A Quality Improvement project
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Engaging Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) clinical staff to lead practice improvement: the PICU Participatory Action Research Project (PICU-PAR)
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عنوان ژورنال: BJPsych Open
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2056-4724
DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2021.501