Seclusion is a treatment method which is used in different occasions by the nurses who work in psychiatric wards.early intervention and prevention of maladaptive behaviour requires skilled nursing techniques.the mental health nurses must be able to recognize signs of aggressive behaviour and intervene appropriately.since the improper understanding of this method of treatment will lead to the in...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use in a psychiatric intensive care unit of a newly introduced seclusion room for the management of acutely disturbed and/or violent patients. METHOD A specially designed seclusion chart was used to document fully events immediately before, during, and immediately after seclusion. Data from the charts over a 6-month period provided the basis for the study. RESULTS ...

Seclusion can be harmful for children and adolescents. Hence, all locations secure residential youth care in the Netherlands are committed to reduce its use by implementing monitoring feedback as a seclusion reduction intervention. This study examined change over time of using broad conceptualization analyzing four variables (frequency, duration, room, reason). During two six months periods, se...

Background Seclusion, putting a patient involuntarily alone in a locked unfurnished room from which she/he cannot freely exit, is a prevailing coercive measure in modern psychiatric practice. In recent years, clinical, ethical, and legal debate has increased awareness of its controversial nature. However, studies focused on the views of the secluded patients themselves are sparse. Objective: To...

Introduction : Seclusion is the involuntary confinement of a person alone in a room or an area where the person is physically prevented from leaving. Seclusion continues to be prescribed in the care of psychiatric patients suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorders or major depression with suicide ideas. Discussion : The use of seclusion needs to be examined in the care of mentally ill peo...

In hospital settings, and especially in forensic psychiatric ones, restlessness, aggression, and even violence are familiar issues to healthcare workers. Under these circumstances, the need for restrictive measures (seclusion, mechanical/chemical restraints) is sometimes needed. Although such measures should be considered as exceptional interventions, they continue to be widespread in general, ...

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...

the purpose of the present research was study effect anxiety of social negative evaluation in children’s social seclusion aged 8 to 12 in tehran city. therefore, 250 children (125 boys and 125 girls) were randomly chosen in order to answer fear short scale of negative evaluation )bfne) and social seclusion scale (ucla). the data from this research were analyzed by using of pearson`s product mom...