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Nursing Staff and Unit Characteristics: Do They Affect the Use of Seclusion?
Author(s) -
De Cangas Jose P. C.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1993.tb00416.x
Subject(s) - seclusion , affect (linguistics) , unit (ring theory) , aggression , nursing staff , nursing , psychology , medicine , psychiatric hospital , psychiatric ward , psychiatry , mathematics education , communication
Restrictive forms of therapy are often used in psychiatric settings as a method of dealing with aggression, noncompliance, and other forms of “abnormal behavior.” In this study, factors influencing the unit environment and personal attributes of staff members were examined to determine the degree to which they might influence the use of seclusion. Findings suggest that some variations in the use of seclusion could be attributed to unit characteristics.