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 …

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 …

This article reports on a literature review of the practice of seclusion in psychiatric inpatient
facilities. Attention is paid to the moral debate on seclusion. Most publications consider …

Patients entering seclusion are typical-ly out of control, aggressive, and in a negative frame
of mind. Seclusion is believed to provide a contained, controlled setting for the person …

Objectives: This paper investigates the perceptions and experience of patients and staff on
the use of seclusion in psychiatric services. Method: A purpose designed questionnaire was …

Seclusion is now widely recognized as a coercive strategy with negative consequences for
the consumers and staff involved. Nevertheless, this intervention continues to be used …

Brief face‐to‐face interviews took place with 64 mental health nurses working within one
National Health Service Trust about their education and training regarding seclusion …

The use of seclusion within acute psychiatric settings is contentious. As evidenced by its use
in practice, seclusion continues to be supported by mental health‐care professionals …