The existential dimension of the experience of seclusion: a qualitative study among former psychiatric inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Seclusion is a coercive measure - temporary confinement in an almost empty, non-stimulating room in a closed psychiatric admission ward to prevent (further) urgent danger due to a mental disorder. Although there is observational research about patients' behaviors during separation (e.g. hitting walls or doors, sleeping, or praying), research into the subjective and existential dimension of the experience of seclusion in psychiatry is rare.

Aim

Aim of the current study is to describe and analyze - using the theoretical lenses of Yalom (1980) and Jaspers (1919) - how clients experience their involuntary stay in a seclusion room in a closed psychiatric clinic in existential terms.

Methods

A qualitative study was carried out among former clients (N = 10) who we

SUBMITTER: Trapman ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548759 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature