Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Communication between nurses and
patients is essential in mental health nursing. Lack of communication during seclusion …

Accessible summary Seclusion in psychiatric inpatient care means confining service users
in a locked room. Service users and staff seem to have different opinions on the usefulness …

Accessible summary• An extensive review of empirical literature (n= 39) on patient and staff
perceptions of seclusion in psychiatric inpatient settings was undertaken.• Patients …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Seclusion involves isolating a patient in
a room away from other patients in order to contain aggressive behaviour, and it is used in …

The appropriate treatment of mentally unwell, aggressive patients has challenged psychiatry
for centuries. Seclusion is practiced worldwide, but concerns remain regarding its …

Nurses are at the forefront of seclusion in adolescent psychiatric units. Understanding
nurses and other staff perspectives on the effects of seclusion is critical in the ongoing effort …

Accessible summary The findings revealed that the patients perceived seclusion as an
intervention that is punitive and a means used by the staff to exert control. Patients perceived …

Background Seclusion is an invasive clinical intervention used in inpatient psychiatric wards
as a continuation of milieu therapy with vast behavioural implications that raise many ethical …

PURPOSE: This study explored psychiatric inpatients' experiences of, and their suggestions
for, improvement of seclusion/restraint, and alternatives to their use in Finland. METHODS …

Accessible Summary What is known on the subject Existing qualitative research has found
inpatient service users to experience seclusion as highly distressing, with feelings of …