Reduced Frequency of Cases with Seclusion Is Associated with “Opening the Doors” of a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

Reduced Frequency of Cases with Seclusion Is Associated with “Opening the Doors” of a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit

BackgroundImplementing 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 s...

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Main Authors: Lisa Hochstrasser, Alexander Voulgaris, Julian Möller, Tatjana Zimmermann, Regine Steinauer, Stefan Borgwardt, Undine E. Lang, Christian G. Huber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
acute psychiatric treatment
aggression
coercive treatment
closed ward
open doors
compulsory treatment
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00057/full

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