Time-out: An overused and misused milieu intervention

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Delaney, Kathleen ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intervention; Inpatient psychiatric nursing; Milieu therapy; Seclusion; Time out

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MILIEU THERAPY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MILIEU THERAPY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT ISOLATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033107045     PISSN: 10736077     EISSN: 17446171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1999.tb00045.x     Document Type: Article

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