[HTML][HTML] Open Doors by Fair Means: a quasi-experimental controlled study on the effects of an open-door policy on acute psychiatric wards

LK Schreiber, FG Metzger, E Flammer, H Rinke… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Psychiatric wards treating involuntarily admitted patients are traditionally locked
to prevent absconding. However, on the basis of observational evidence, the necessity for …

[HTML][HTML] Open doors by fair means: Study protocol for a 3-year prospective controlled study with a quasi-experimental design towards an open Ward policy in acute …

LK Schreiber, FG Metzger, TA Duncker, AJ Fallgatter… - BMC psychiatry, 2019 - Springer
Background Acute psychiatric wards in Germany are often locked due to the assumption that
opening could endanger patients and society. On the contrary, some findings suggest that …

Long-term reduction of seclusion and forced medication on a hospital-wide level: implementation of an open-door policy over 6 years

L Hochstrasser, D Fröhlich, AR Schneeberger… - European …, 2018 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPsychiatric inpatient treatment is increasingly performed in settings with locked
doors. However, locked wards have well-known disadvantages and are ethically …

Open doors in psychiatric hospitals: an overview of empirical findings

T Steinert, L Schreiber, FG Metzger, S Hirsch - Der Nervenarzt, 2019 - Springer
Background Currently, it is a topic of debate whether psychiatric hospitals can and should be
managed with a full open door policy. The revised legislation of public law for involuntary …

[HTML][HTML] Requirements for the implementation of open door policies in acute psychiatry from a mental health professionals' and patients' view: a qualitative interview …

J Kalagi, I Otte, J Vollmann, G Juckel, J Gather - BMC psychiatry, 2018 - Springer
Background Treating legally committed patients on open, instead of locked wards is
controversially discussed and the affected stakeholders (patients, mental health …

Safety through locked doors in psychiatry?

E Kowalinski, AR Schneeberger, UE Lang… - Beneficial coercion in …, 2017 - brill.com
Psychiatry is the only discipline in medicine that uses institutionalized locked doors. This is
because the" individual being" and judgement can be negatively affected in psychiatric …

Protocol for the Lovisenberg Open Acute Door Study (LOADS): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial to compare safety and coercion between open-door policy and …

N Kunøe, HM Nussle, AM Indregard - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The reduction of coercion in psychiatry is a high priority for both the WHO and
many member countries. Open-door policy (ODP) is a service model for psychiatric ward …

Comparison of aggressive behavior, compulsory medication and absconding behavior between open and closed door policy in an acute psychiatric ward

ML Cibis, C Wackerhagen, S Müller, UE Lang… - Psychiatrische …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Objective According to legal requirements coercive treatment must be limited to acts
necessary for the protection of patients and cannot be used for institutional interests. Here …

Opening up an acute psychiatric ward as a complex intervention

E Gouzoulis-Mayfrank, SK Gairing, T Krämer, M Förster… - Der Nervenarzt, 2019 - Springer
Background An open-door policy may help to reduce conflicts, aggression and containment
measures in inpatient psychiatric care. Objective A complex intervention was performed …

Öffnung einer psychiatrischen Akutstation als komplexe Intervention.

E Gouzoulis-Mayfrank, SK Gairing, T Krämer… - Der …, 2019 - search.ebscohost.com
English Background: An open-door policy may help to reduce conflicts, aggression and
containment measures in inpatient psychiatric care. Objective: A complex intervention was …