Psychiatric wards: Places of safety?

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Jones, J ^a   Nolan, P ^b   Bowers, L ^a   Simpson, A ^a   Whittington, R ^c   Hackney, D ^d   Bhui, K ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Interviews; Psychiatric inpatient ward; Safety and security; Service user perspective

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEFT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SAFETY; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THEFT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949302361     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2009.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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