Mental health professionals' perceptions and attitudes towards seclusion: The ambivalent relationship between safety and therapeutic considerations
Seclusion poses complex challenges for mental health professionals. The competent authorities should therefore provide careful guidance to help them maintain a high level of quality of care in the use of this coercive measure.
Authors
- Benedetta Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8896-8467)
- Philippe Golay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2273-6241)
- Stéphane Morandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7869-639X)
- Grégory Yersin
Institutions
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- Département de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale (CH)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.102033
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.28
Funders
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois