On the seclusion of psychiatric patients

The effect of a training course on mental health nurses’ attitudes on the reasons of patient aggression and its management

“…The respondents remained faithful to ‘traditional management strategies’ (e.g. isolation and medication), a finding corroborated by other studies (Brown & Tooke 1992, Tooke & Brown 1992, Olofsson et al . 1998, Duxbury 1999, 2002).…”

The effect of a training course on mental health nurses’ attitudes on the reasons of patient aggression and its management

“…The respondents remained faithful to ‘traditional management strategies’ (e.g. isolation and medication), a finding corroborated by other studies (Brown & Tooke 1992, Tooke & Brown 1992, Olofsson et al . 1998, Duxbury 1999, 2002).…”

Staff Members' Beliefs About Seclusion and Restraint in Child Psychiatric Hospitals

“…Appropriate use of seclusion and restraint. The outcomes of ths studv confirm what is reported in the literature, i.e., that physical violence is the most frequent antecedent behavior to the seclusion and/or restraint of both children, adolescents, and adults (Brown & Tooke, 1992;Fisher, 1994). What is worthy of note here is that noncompliance with staff direction, which is commonly cwwciated with seclusion of youngsters (Goren et al, 1993;Walsli & Randell, 1993, was rated by 90% of the respondents in ths studv as a behavior for wluch seclusion is not appropriate.…”

Staff and patient perceptions of seclusion: has anything changed?

“…Comparison of this study with others should be limited to similar settings where seclusion is practised as the confinement of a patient to a ‘single locked room’. It should be noted also that the average time spent in seclusion for the 29 patients in this study was 2·4 hours, which was much shorter than that reported in the overseas literature (Brown & Tooke 1992, Tooke & Brown 1992, Lendemeijer & Shortridge‐Baggett 1997). Although our sample sizes are small, they are comparable with those of other studies which used Heyman's questionnaire (Heyman 1987, Tooke & Brown 1992, Wynaden et al.…”

The effect of a training course on mental health nurses’ attitudes on the reasons of patient aggression and its management

“…The respondents remained faithful to ‘traditional management strategies’ (e.g. isolation and medication), a finding corroborated by other studies (Brown & Tooke 1992, Tooke & Brown 1992, Olofsson et al . 1998, Duxbury 1999, 2002).…”

Staff Members' Beliefs About Seclusion and Restraint in Child Psychiatric Hospitals

“…Appropriate use of seclusion and restraint. The outcomes of ths studv confirm what is reported in the literature, i.e., that physical violence is the most frequent antecedent behavior to the seclusion and/or restraint of both children, adolescents, and adults (Brown & Tooke, 1992;Fisher, 1994). What is worthy of note here is that noncompliance with staff direction, which is commonly cwwciated with seclusion of youngsters (Goren et al, 1993;Walsli & Randell, 1993, was rated by 90% of the respondents in ths studv as a behavior for wluch seclusion is not appropriate.…”

Staff and patient perceptions of seclusion: has anything changed?

“…Comparison of this study with others should be limited to similar settings where seclusion is practised as the confinement of a patient to a ‘single locked room’. It should be noted also that the average time spent in seclusion for the 29 patients in this study was 2·4 hours, which was much shorter than that reported in the overseas literature (Brown & Tooke 1992, Tooke & Brown 1992, Lendemeijer & Shortridge‐Baggett 1997). Although our sample sizes are small, they are comparable with those of other studies which used Heyman's questionnaire (Heyman 1987, Tooke & Brown 1992, Wynaden et al.…”

The effect of a training course on mental health nurses’ attitudes on the reasons of patient aggression and its management

“…The respondents remained faithful to ‘traditional management strategies’ (e.g. isolation and medication), a finding corroborated by other studies (Brown & Tooke 1992, Tooke & Brown 1992, Olofsson et al . 1998, Duxbury 1999, 2002).…”

Staff Members' Beliefs About Seclusion and Restraint in Child Psychiatric Hospitals

“…Appropriate use of seclusion and restraint. The outcomes of ths studv confirm what is reported in the literature, i.e., that physical violence is the most frequent antecedent behavior to the seclusion and/or restraint of both children, adolescents, and adults (Brown & Tooke, 1992;Fisher, 1994). What is worthy of note here is that noncompliance with staff direction, which is commonly cwwciated with seclusion of youngsters (Goren et al, 1993;Walsli & Randell, 1993, was rated by 90% of the respondents in ths studv as a behavior for wluch seclusion is not appropriate.…”

Staff and patient perceptions of seclusion: has anything changed?

“…Comparison of this study with others should be limited to similar settings where seclusion is practised as the confinement of a patient to a ‘single locked room’. It should be noted also that the average time spent in seclusion for the 29 patients in this study was 2·4 hours, which was much shorter than that reported in the overseas literature (Brown & Tooke 1992, Tooke & Brown 1992, Lendemeijer & Shortridge‐Baggett 1997). Although our sample sizes are small, they are comparable with those of other studies which used Heyman's questionnaire (Heyman 1987, Tooke & Brown 1992, Wynaden et al.…”