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The Resident-intruder Paradigm: A Standardized Test for Aggression, Violence and Social Stress
Published on: July 4, 2013
["In psychiatry, nothing more degrading can happen to you"]
Beatrice Frajo-Apor1, Maria Stippler, Ullrich Meise
1Department für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinik Innsbruck / Austria. beatrice.frajo-apor@i-med.ac.at
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE The subjective view of psychiatric patients on mechanical restraint is to be examined and the necessity of dealing with this issue consciously is to be pointed out. METHODS 14 patients, who experienced mechanical restraint during a stay in a psychiatric hospital, were questioned in a problem-centered, semi-structured interview. Data analysis was based on inductive category formation, using Mayring's qualitative content analysis. RESULTS Mechanical restraint is primarily experienced as stressful or traumatizing. Patients complain about a lack of information, support and response when referring to mechanical restraint. CONCLUSION Reports of patients who have experienced coercive measures should be increasingly integrated into clinical practice.
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