Attitudinal variance among patients, next of kin and health care professionals towards the use of containment measures in three psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland

Attitudinal variance among patients, next of kin and health care professionals towards the use of containment measures in three psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland

Abstract Background In psychiatric treatment containment measures are used to de-escalate high-risk situations. These measures can be characterized by their immanent amount of coercion. Previous research could show that the attitudes towards different containment measures vary throughout countries....

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Main Authors: Florian Hotzy, Matthias Jaeger, Etienne Buehler, Sonja Moetteli, Georges Klein, Simone Beeri, Thomas Reisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Containment measures
Coercion
Attitudes
Treatment culture
Patients
Next of kin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-019-2092-9

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