Sexual drive of patients in psychiatric hospitals.

‘You May Kiss the Bride, But You May Not Open Your Mouth When You Do So’: Policies Concerning Sex, Marriage and Relationships in English Forensic Psychiatric Facilities

“…Consequently little attention has been paid to the sexual needs of psychiatric patients (McCann 2000) and sexual activity is commonly banned in psychiatric institutions, despite the inherent role of sexuality in quality of life (Binder 1985;Dobal and Torkelson 2004;Welch and Clements 1996). The advent of AIDS and HIV in the 1980s forced psychiatrists to look at sexual behaviour more closely and to consider the need for policy guidelines in psychiatric institutions (Chase 1988;McCann 2000;Mossman et al 1997).…”

Relations between patients in psychiatric and psychotherapeutic inpatient care: A literature review and conclusions for clinical practice and research

“…Th ey were oft en several years old and with limited methodology, which suggests that this topic is rather neglected in clinical practice and research. Chase (1988) has explained this as due to the attitude of psychiatric hospitals, which is characterised by " out of sight, out of mind, and let ' s not talk about it " . In the following we report what was found.…”