Patients' perceptions of their stay in a psychiatric seclusion area

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Iversen, Valentina C ^a,b   Sallaup, Torill ^a   Vaaler, Arne E ^b,c   Helvik, Anne Sofie ^b,d   Morken, Gunnar ^a,b   Linaker, Olav ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Center of Excellence for Substance Abuse and Addiction Innland Hospital Trust   (Norway)

Author keywords

coercion; Seclusion area; voluntary; ward atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011436480     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17442206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646410000075     Document Type: Article

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