The College Research Unit is undertaking an ethnographic study to describe life on acute
psychiatric wards from the point of view of patients. The project is funded by a generous …

Psychiatric care as seen by the attempted suicide patient This study highlights the
experiences of patients during in‐patient psychiatric care in Sweden following a suicide …

Accessible summary This qualitative study interviewed six people who had been detained in
a psychiatric hospital in Ireland. The people interviewed had been detained. The study …

Background: Fear and aggression are often reported among professionals working in locked
psychiatric wards and also among the patients in the same wards. Such situations often lead …

Ways of working on acute psychiatric units have come under intense scrutiny in order for
service users to receive modern care and treatment. This has led to various ways not only to …

This study explores personal liberty in psychiatric care from a service user involvement
perspective. The data were collected in four phases during the period 2000-2006 in …

How patients and nurses experience the acute care psychiatric environment The concept of
the therapeutic milieu was developed when patients' hospitalizations were long …

Despite all the emphasis on community develop ments during the last decades, especially
since the introduction of Caringfor People (Department of Health, 1989) and somewhat …

Background Capacity-based mental health legislation was introduced in Norway on 1
September 2017. The aim was to increase the autonomy of patients with severe mental …

Aim To develop a grounded theory of the patients' experiences with patient‐controlled
admission. Background Research indicates a potential for involving patients in mental …