"psych ward" meaning in English

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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "Longtime mental health practitioners say the tight control over tobacco today contrasts sharply with the psych wards of even two decades ago.",
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(informal) Clipped compound of psychiatric ward."
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          "text": "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.",
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        "(informal) Clipped compound of psychiatric ward."
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