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Just to clarify, this post contains a discussion of attempted suicide. If reading about that sort of thing upsets you, please click away now!
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The setting is London, no more than five or ten years ago. After her husband was killed by a drunk driver, this character cut her wrists and woke up in the hospital "with bandages up to her elbows." So, if a woman tries to commit suicide, would she be taken directly to a psychiatric hospital? Or are there special wards in the regular hospitals, like there are in the US?
Over here, the part of the hospital where they stick the psychiatric cases is generally called the "psych ward." Is there a different nickname for it in the UK?
If she's in a regular hospital, would she be transferred to a psych hospital once she's stabilized? If so, is there a good one in the Wandsworth/Roehampton area that I could refer to?
It's a minor scene, just a paragraph or two, where a friend of the MC is recounting the story of her attempted suicide. I just want to make sure I get the details right.
Just to clarify, this post contains a discussion of attempted suicide. If reading about that sort of thing upsets you, please click away now!
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The setting is London, no more than five or ten years ago. After her husband was killed by a drunk driver, this character cut her wrists and woke up in the hospital "with bandages up to her elbows." So, if a woman tries to commit suicide, would she be taken directly to a psychiatric hospital? Or are there special wards in the regular hospitals, like there are in the US?
Over here, the part of the hospital where they stick the psychiatric cases is generally called the "psych ward." Is there a different nickname for it in the UK?
If she's in a regular hospital, would she be transferred to a psych hospital once she's stabilized? If so, is there a good one in the Wandsworth/Roehampton area that I could refer to?
It's a minor scene, just a paragraph or two, where a friend of the MC is recounting the story of her attempted suicide. I just want to make sure I get the details right.