Psychiatric inpatients' experiences with restraint

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 124-144

  Wynn, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coercion; Inpatients; Patients' experiences; Pharmacological restraint; Physical restraint; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKIN ABRASION; STAFF TRAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRUST;

EID: 1542346464     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940410001655187     Document Type: Review

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