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It is important to understand how the characteristics of women admitted to medium secure care have changed over time and how this may impact on their outcomes after discharge.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study aims to describe and compare admission and discharge characteristics of two consecutive cohorts; women admitted between 1983 and 2001 to a mixed-sex medium secure care (\u2018Mixed\u2019 cohort) and women admitted between 2005 and 2013 to single-sex medium secure care (\u2018Specialised\u2019 cohort).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Data came from a 30-year study of outcomes for first admissions to an NHS medium secure hospital (the ALACRITy study). Follow-up data were available up to a census date of June 30\n                      <jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup>\n                      2013.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>93 women comprised the Mixed cohort (mean age 29.3 years; 81% White ethnicity; 49% personality disorder diagnosis) and 45 women comprised the Specialised cohort (mean age 32.4 years; 76% White ethnicity; 49% personality disorder diagnosis). The Specialised cohort were more likely than the Mixed cohort to be admitted from high security, or under a forensic section of the Mental Health Act. The Specialised cohort were more likely than the Mixed cohort to have previous convictions, or to have committed a \u2018grave\u2019 index offence warranting a life sentence. Over 95% of all women had received previous inpatient psychiatric care. The Specialised cohort had greater prevalence of alcohol use, self-harm and childhood adversity than the Mixed cohort. At the census, 99% of the Mixed cohort and 42% of the Specialised cohort had been discharged. Women in the Specialised cohort had a longer median length of stay than the Mixed cohort; 859 days and 229 days respectively. Over 80% of patients in the Mixed cohort were readmitted during the follow-up period.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study provides empirical data for two consecutive cohorts of women admitted to one medium secure hospital over the course of thirty years. Women admitted to single-sex services had more criminological and adverse trauma histories than women admitted to the earlier mixed-sex service. 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