This study aimed to explore the perspective of people who had experienced treatment as
patients at acute mental health units, regarding an intervention model to improve therapeutic …

The aim was to describe the nursing staff and ward managers' experiences of safety and
violence in everyday meetings with the patients. The qualitative content analyses resulted in …

The lack of single-bed rooms in psychiatric wards may reduce the possibility of patients
getting sufficient rest and privacy and may increase their risk of being overstimulated. This …

Background Therapeutic staff-patient interaction is fundamental in psychiatric care. It is
recognized as a key to healing in and of itself, or a premise to enhance psychiatric treatment …

The author claims that involuntary confinement of clients is a problematic and uncomfortable
topic for nurses who are involved in such interventions. After reviewing some literature …

Introduction The return of restraint in psychiatry raises many ethical issues for caregivers.
However their experience is little explored in literature. Objectives Our objective was to study …

This focused ethnographic study aims at describing encounters in the healthcare
environment on a locked psychiatric ward. It was carried out in Sweden on an acute …

This thesis is about communication among mental health nurses. This topic is approached
by means of theory and methods bordering on several academic disciplines: nursing …

The use of seclusion to manage conflict behaviours in psychiatric inpatient settings is
increasingly viewed as an intervention of last resort. Many protocols have, thus, been …

Objective Although seclusion is legally sanctioned in France, its use remains controversial,
and debate continues over ethical and therapeutic aspects of the practice. Seclusion …