psych ward

plural psych wards

1. informalClipped compound of psychiatric ward.

   Longtime mental health practitioners say the tight control over tobacco today contrasts sharply with the psych wards of even two decades ago.

   2003 August 18, Catherine Saillant, “Smoking Issue a Quandary for Psychiatric Facilities”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2021

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   I feel alive. And THIS is like home. But not like home with mum and dad and a brother in and out of NHS psych wards - but a real home, where you actually belong.

   2021 May 16, Trevor Miller, “Nightclubs help bring us together and make us feel alive – I hope they return stronger than ever”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2021

   As I grew up, homeless, in psych wards, a teenage sex worker, I held my name in my heart — a secret identity that fueled my will to survive.

   2023 September 5, Charli Hoffman, “Tiny Love Stories: ‘All Women Are Psychic’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2023