Unlocking an acute psychiatric ward: The impact on unauthorised absences, assaults and seclusions

Unlocking an acute psychiatric ward: the impact on unauthorised absences, assaults and seclusions

Aims and method The acute psychiatric in-patient service in Christchurch, New Zealand, recently changed from two locked and two unlocked wards to four open wards. This provided the opportunity to evaluate whether shifting to an unlocked environment was associated with higher rates of adverse events, including unauthorised absences, violent incidents and seclusion. We compared long-term adverse ...

an investigation of the impact of self monitoring on langauge teachers motivational practice and its effect on learners motivation

the central purpose of this study was to conduct a case study about the role of self monitoring in teacher’s use of motivational strategies. furthermore it focused on how these strategies affected students’ motivational behavior. although many studies have been done to investigate teachers’ motivational strategies use (cheng & d?rnyei, 2007; d?rnyei & csizer, 1998; green, 2001, guilloteaux & d?...

[Involuntary admissions to an acute psychiatric ward].

BACKGROUND Involuntary admission to acute psychiatric wards in Norway has not been studied empirically after the introduction of a new Mental Health Act (MHA) 1 January 2001. According to the MHA, observation with coercion can be used to clarify illness. The objectives of this study were to describe scale and circumstances associated with involuntary admissions. METHOD All patients discharged...

an investigation into the impact of m-game-enhanced blended module of teaching and learning on iranian students english literacy skills and subskills learning

پژوهش حاضر با پیوند رسانه های قدیمی و جدید یاد دهی و یادگیری _طرح داستان و بازی های همراه ــ در یک پو دمان ترکیبی، در صدد قیاس شیوه ی یاد دهی و یادگیری مبتنی بر بازی مهارت های فرعی و اصلی واژگان، خواندن و نوشتار سواد انگلیسی با شیوه های مرسوم آن بود. به این منظور با کاربرد یک طرح سه گانه همراه با الگوی نظام آموزشی (تومی، 2010)، بازی های از پیش ساخته شده و بومی قابل عرضه از طریق ارتباطات سیّار (ب...

Ward overcrowding and assaults on staff: cause and effect?