Psychiatric Staff: Uniforms or Street Clothes?

Klein, Robert H.; Pillsbury, Judson; Bushey, Margaret; Snell, Steven

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1972.01750190021005

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“…1,9,10 In psychiatry, greater concern was focused on the quality and quantity of relationships between psychiatric staff and inpatients when wearing uniforms or street clothes. 11…”

Section: A Brief History Of Nurse's Uniformsmentioning

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“…Although there is little research to confirm or invalidate this hypothesis, some authors suggest that wearing street clothing may facilitate staff's therapeutic commitment and empathy processes. 8,11,19,20 Obedience and Authority. Milgram's 21 well-known experiment on the impact of wearing uniforms on obedient behavior in a mock experimental setting is also instructive.…”

Section: Identity and Competency Frank Et Almentioning

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Judging a Book by Its Cover

Charras

Gzil

2013

Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

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“…1,9,10 In psychiatry, greater concern was focused on the quality and quantity of relationships between psychiatric staff and inpatients when wearing uniforms or street clothes. 11…”

Section: A Brief History Of Nurse's Uniformsmentioning

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Section: Identity and Competency Frank Et Almentioning

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Judging a Book by Its Cover

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Gzil

2013

Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

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“…In UK psychiatrists, mental health nurses, social workers and administrators do not wear uniforms because these are considered to be a barrier to trust and communication [8] [9]. In addition, General Practitioners, paediatricians and many medical consultants do not wear white coats.…”

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Religious Wear (Uniforms) in Psychiatry

Bright¹

2014

OJPsych

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Uniforms represent more than just a body cover. There could be symbols of status, power, authority, values, beliefs, identity, wealth representation, self-protection, health and safety, suppression of individuality and identification on one hand by the wearer. The observers may perceive uniforms differently based on their experiences, expectations, education, perceptual ability, conformity, status, power, self-confidence, and need for trust and communication without barrier or judgment. Forty five adult mentally ill patients (21 female and 24 male) were administered questionnaires with Linkert Scale regarding how approachable or off-putting they find casual and religious wear in social worker. Significantly more patients preferred casual wear to religious. Chi squared test equals 28.689 with p value of less than 0.0001 for four degrees of freedom.

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“…The attire of psychiatric nurses has received more attention. A growing trend in recent years has been for psychiatric nurses to wear street clothes rather than traditional white uniforms and patients' attitudes towards nursing staff have become more favourable with the adoption of ordinary clothes [12,13]. Patients were less intimidated and showed less deviant behaviour when nurses wore street clothes [ 14,151.…”

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“…Patients were less intimidated and showed less deviant behaviour when nurses wore street clothes [ 14,151. However, uniforms worn by hospital-based nursing staff have been reported to instil confidence in the patient [12,16].…”

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