Abstract PROBLEM: Seclusion is considered a necessity when alternatives have failed. There is a consensus that seclusion has no therapeutic benefit, which justifies efforts to reduce the practice. This study aimed to identify nurse and patient variables

Abstract with psychiatric diagnosis and therefore contribute to improved treatment outcomes for patients. The aim of this paper is to discuss the results of a study designed to ascertain the level of psychiatric patient satisfaction with the services received

Keywords *nursing
Abstract disorder, and 36% scored above the threshold for psychiatric caseness. A tentative model of post-traumatic stress and general distress in nurses was developed, illustrating the impact of aggression and stress on well-being. The present study affirms

Keywords psychiatric department
Abstract , and seclusion. A new model of engagement-focused clinical risk management was developed using a participatory action research framework and implemented in an adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit. Using a mirror-image design, rates of violence/aggression, self

Abstract problematic. The current study involved the conduct of telephone interviews with psychiatric clients (n = 136) to ascertain their level of satisfaction with the services received in the emergency department of a Melbourne Metropolitan Hospital. The results

Keywords nursing staff
Abstract Registered and enrolled nurses from a large metropolitan health service in South Eastern Melbourne, Australia, completed a demographic questionnaire, the Elsom Therapeutic Optimism Scale (ETOS), and the Attitudes to Attempted Suicide-Questionnaire (ATAS

Abstract was to gain a better understanding of staff attitudes, experiences, and beliefs about the effects of seclusion on both themselves and patients. Thirty-one staff members (including 20 nurses) completed the Attitudes to Seclusion Survey and 24 participated

Keywords *doctor nurse relation
Abstract of depressive symptoms would lead to a dramatic improvement in doctors' knowledge of patients' current psychiatric status.

Abstract on the department was reviewed. Result(s): Over an 8-month period 30 patients were discussed in some detail with diagnoses ranging from a psychiatric disorder to a chronic organic illness, each subjected to the deliberations of the multidisciplinary team