Background Implementing an open door policy is a complex intervention comprising changes in therapeutic stance, team processes, and a change from locked to open doors. Recent studies show that it can lead to a reduction of seclusion and forced medication, but the role of the physical change of door status is still unclear. Aims The aims of this study is to examine the transition from closed t...

Background The literature regarding the use of restraint and seclusion in schools is scant, perhaps due to the controversial nature of the topic. With few exceptions, schools have not published policies or data regarding these procedures even when doing so would further the discussion about standards for staff training, student safety, and benchmarks for ongoing improvement. Objective The prese...

BACKGROUND Thousands of people whose aggression is thought due to serious mental illness are secluded or restrained every day. Without fair testing these techniques will continue to be used outside of a rigorous evidence base. With such coercive treatment this leaves all concerned vulnerable to abuse and criticism. This paper presents the protocol for a randomised trial comparing seclusion with...

PURPOSE The study evaluated whether seclusion and coercive incidents would be reduced in extent and number if involuntary medication was the first choice of intervention. Patients admitted to an acute psychiatric ward were randomly allocated to two groups. In Group 1, involuntary medication was the intervention of first choice for dealing with agitation and risk of violence. In Group 2, seclusi...

The purpose of this study was to find out how the influence Seclusion Method in Naqsyabandiyah Al-Kholidiyah Order has on Emotional Control and Quality Worship Santri Darus Shofa Kandis Islamic Boarding School. research method is quantitative with type field research. selection subjects used purposive sampling characteristics MA SMK School students aged 15-18 years who participated Khalwat acti...

from its genesis, islamic mysticism has relied upon asceticism and withdrawal from the world and its inhabitants, and there are numerous words by the great figures of such manner in line with this. world-escaping and retiring from the people is one of the prevailing ideas in this intellectual school which has been fashioned based on the actions and claims of its followers. however, numerous evi...

Aims Seclusion is a restrictive intervention used in inpatient settings for the safe management of patients who present with severe behavioural disturbance which likely to cause harm others. Clinical notes were establish if trust policy medical reviews seclusion was being followed on Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Methods Patients admitted male PICU at Springfield Hospital, Southwest L...