Successful reduction of seclusion in a newly developed psychiatric intensive care unit

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-38

  Georgieva, Irina ^a,b   de Haan, Geert ^b   Smith, Wil ^b   Mulder, Cornelis L ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Mental Health Center West North Brabant   (Netherlands)

^c BAVO Europoort   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

borderline personality disorder; coercive measures; Psychiatric intensive care unit; seclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011523974     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17442206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646409990082     Document Type: Article

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