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Psychiatric inpatients' view of the therapeutic environment: A Turkish interview study
Işıl Işık1, Gül Ergün2, Gül Dikeç3
1Department of Nursing, Health Science Faculty, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Purpose:
The aim of the study was to determine the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of inpatients in a psychiatric clinic about the therapeutic environment of the clinic.
Design And Methods:
The data were collected in interviews using the phenomenological method and interpreted using Strauss and Corbin's approach to qualitative data analysis.
Findings:
As a result of the data analysis, four themes, "Activities," "Physical Environment," "Personnel," and "Rules" were determined, and each with a number of related subthemes.
Practice Implications:
The therapeutic environment is a dynamic space that can be modified according to the needs of the patients. Psychiatric nurses will benefit from responding to the feedback from patients by providing, for example, more activities or additional psychotherapeutic interventions.
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