The use of mechanical restraint and seclusion in patients with schizophrenia: A comparison of the practice in Germany and Switzerland

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Martin, Veronika ^a   Bernhardsgrütter, Renate ^b   Goebel, Rita ^a   Steinert, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Psychiatric Hospital Wil   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33847200754     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-3-1     Document Type: Article

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