Mental health service users? Perceptions and experiences of sedation, seclusion and restraint

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-73

  Mayers, Pat ^a   Keet, Nelleke ^b   Winkler, Gunter ^c   Flisher, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Huguenot College   (South Africa)

^c WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human rights; Mental health service users; Restraint; Seclusion; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ISOLATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUNISHMENT; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 75149137384     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008098293     Document Type: Article

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