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Herron RV, Spencer D, Novek S, Funk L, Kelly C, Aubrecht K. Exploring space and practices of control in long-term residential care violence prevention strategies. Soc Sci Med 2024; 355:117091. [PMID: 39002198 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 06/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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Long-term residential care (LTRC) should be a safe place to work and to live, but it can be a site of violent situations for older people and staff. In this article, we draw on critical geographies, aging, and violence research to analyze how staff perceive, manage, and control the risk of violence in LTRC. Specifically, we explore the role of space as an instrument of control in places of care; the language of risk and risk containment in these places; and how movement figures into management of the risk of violence. Data included telephone and web-based semi-structured interviews with 29 staff in two Canadian provinces from 2021 to 2023, which were analyzed inductively. LTRC staff described having access to and support from other staff as an important feature of safe places. They also emphasized visibility, opportunities to escape from violent or threatening situations, being cognizant of objects that may be used as weapons and moving some residents to other tables, rooms, or specialized units. Finally, some staff acknowledged tensions between person-centered care and protecting staff and resident safety. Our analysis raises concerns about whether the management of space, objects, and activities employed to promote safety contribute to the care and dignity of older people. By drawing attention to the role of space, place, and risk containment in managing violent situations, we illustrate the important contributions of critical geography in troubling institutional care for older people.
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- Rachel V Herron
- Department of Geography and Environment, Brandon University, Canada.
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- Department of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University, Canada
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- School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Science, University of Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Sociology, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
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Eweida R, Ibrahim N. Using Delphi method to address factors contributing to aggressive behaviour in mental health settings. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38532533 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.13049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUBJECT?: Nurses' perspectives and consensus on the possible key factors contributing to aggression at inpatient units can be summarized into patients' related factors, staff related factors and environment related factors. Results of the possible factors contributing to aggression at inpatient units reflect the complicated nature of this problem. WHAT THE PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE: Perspectives of nurses as frontline mental health professionals on factors contributing to aggression as one of the psychiatric emergencies were considered through an iterative process. This approach gave nurses an opportunity to revisit their own views in each round to provide an in-depth reflection in the light of the contribution of others. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE?: Nursing curricula should focus on nurses' communication skills and emotion regulation training. An open dialogue between nurses and people with mental health issues should be initiated to discuss the possible key factors contributing to aggressive behaviour at inpatient units from both standpoints. Mental health nurses' turnover at inpatient settings could be targeted through the design and implementation of aggression prevention protocols ABSTRACT: Introduction Aggression at inpatient units is a universal problem leading to hazardous outcomes. Aim To generate group consensus about factors contributing to aggressive behaviour among patients with mental health issues at inpatient units. Methods Nurses working at inpatient psychiatric departments were approached, and purposive sampling was employed to implement Delphi technique. A total of three Delphi rounds were conducted online. The average percent of majority opinions method was followed to measure consensus in which questions with a cut-off rate below 69.7% were included in the next round. Results Twenty-one nurse experts with different skills participated in this study. Consensus increased among nurse experts across rounds for the following items: Patients' misinterpretation of the attitude of the healthcare providers, severity of mental health issues, attitude and communication style of the healthcare providers, nurses limited emotional regulation capacity and the inadequate staff-patient ratio in psychiatric wards. Discussion The complicated nature of aggressive behaviour displayed by people with mental health issues is reflected on the results of the current study; patients' related factors, staff related factors and environment related factors constitute interacting facets for this issue. Implications for Mental Health Nurses Nurse scientists could use insights derived from this study to design studies aiming at assessment and management of aggression at inpatient units guided by implementation science frameworks. Additionally, open dialogues between nurses and people with mental health issues could be initiated about factors contributing to aggression at inpatient units. Mental health nursing training should focus on nurses' communication and emotion regulation skills.
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- Rasha Eweida
- Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
- Psychiatric and Mental Health Specialty, Nursing Department, College of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Bahrain
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- Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
- Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, The British University in Egypt, El Sherouk City, Egypt
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Rodríguez-Labajos L, Kinloch J, Nicol L, Grant S, O'Brien G. Impact of the design of adult mental health inpatient facilities on healthcare staff: a mixed methods systematic review. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e074368. [PMID: 38448069 PMCID: PMC10916155 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Mental health inpatient facilities are increasingly focusing on creating therapeutic, person-centred care environments. However, research shows that this focus may have unintended consequences for healthcare staff. Designs that do not pay attention to staff needs may risk contributing to stress, burnout, job dissatisfaction and mental exhaustion in the work environment. This systematic review aims to identify and synthesise current research on the design factors of adult mental health inpatient facilities that impact healthcare staff. DESIGN A mixed method systematic review was conducted to search for empirical, peer-reviewed studies using the databases CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed and Web of Science from their inception up to 5 September 2023. The Joanna Briggs Institute's critical appraisal checklists were used to assess the methodological quality of the eligible studies. Data were extracted and grouped based on the facility design factors. RESULTS In our review, we included 29 peer-reviewed empirical studies that identified crucial design factors impacting healthcare staff in adult mental health inpatient facilities. Key factors included layouts providing optimal visibility, designated work and respite areas, and centrally located nursing stations. Notably, mixed perceptions regarding the benefits and challenges of open and glass-enclosed nursing stations suggest areas requiring further research. Facilities in geographically remote locations also emerged as a factor influencing staff dynamics. Additionally, although only supported by a limited number of studies, the significance of artwork, sensory rooms for respite, appropriate furniture and equipment, and access to alarms was acknowledged as contributory factors. CONCLUSION Through the synthesis of existing research, this review identified that the design of mental health facilities significantly impacts staff well-being, satisfaction, performance and perception of safety. Concluding that, in order to create a well-designed therapeutic environment, it is essential to account for both service users and staff user needs. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42022368155.
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- NHSScotland Assure, Research Service, NHS National Services Scotland, Glasgow, UK
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- NHSScotland Assure, Research Service, NHS National Services Scotland, Glasgow, UK
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- NHSScotland Assure, Procurement, Commissioning and Facilities, NHS National Services Scotland, Glasgow, UK
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- NHSScotland Assure, Research Service, NHS National Services Scotland, Glasgow, UK
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Högström E, Philo C. 'Let there be light' or life in the dark? Vital geographies of mental healthcare. Soc Sci Med 2023; 333:116137. [PMID: 37634427 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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This paper explores the relations between light and dark/white and black disclosed in a study of Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, where an old Victorian lunatic asylum remains, if becoming ruined, on the same site as a modern mental healthcare campus. In-depth interview work recovering the 'spatial stories' of patients and staff, past and present, reveals a complex mixture of positive and negative memories and interpretations prompted by both the 'darkened spaces' of Old Gartnavel and the liveliness associated with both sets of spaces. These findings are framed by (a) a reading of Badiou's short monograph on Black (Badiou, 2017) and (b) an engagement with light and dark studies, both of which suggest a rebalancing of the normal valuations whereby dark/black is cast as the realm of death, everything that deadens and threatens life, whereas light/white is cast as that of life, liveliness and vitality. The scholarship here speaks to work on vitalist health geographies, agreeing that vital health-worlds can surface almost anywhere, but reminding that the fragility of such worlds can always be threatened by too much over-ordering.
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- Ebba Högström
- Blekinge Institute of Technology, Spatial Planning Karlskrona, SE 371 79, Sweden.
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- University of Glasgow, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G12 8QQ, UK.
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Faerden A, Rosenqvist C, Håkansson M, Strøm-Gundersen E, Stav Å, Svartsund J, Røssæg T, Davik N, Kvarstein E, Pedersen G, Dieset I, Nyrud AQ, Weedon-Fekjær H, Kistorp KM. Environmental Transformations Enhancing Dignity in an Acute Psychiatric Ward: Outcome of a User-Driven Service Design Project. HERD-HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH & DESIGN JOURNAL 2022; 16:55-72. [PMID: 36567605 PMCID: PMC10133780 DOI: 10.1177/19375867221136558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The goal of the current project was to enhance the feeling of dignity for patients in the seclusion unit in an acute psychiatric ward through environmental design changes and to evaluate the effect of the refurbishment. BACKGROUND Treating people with dignity is essential in all health-related work and important for our mental health. Hospital architecture and design signal values that can promote dignity. Patients who must spend time in seclusion are at their most vulnerable mental state and the often worn-down like environment can challenge the feeling of dignity. How environmental design can promote dignity in seclusion units have not been studied. METHODS To reach suggestions for design changes enhancing dignity, we used service design that included a broad user group. The effect of design changes was evaluated by a questionnaire answered by the nursing staff during a 4-week period pre- and post refurbishment and included a control group. RESULTS The design concepts agreed upon were a welcoming atmosphere, contact with nature, room for privacy, close contact with staff, and a designated smoking area inside the unit. The evaluation found that the environmental design changes significantly supported the patients in their situation and the staff in their work. CONCLUSION We conclude that dignity design concepts are highly applicable also in an acute psychiatric setting and improve the situation of secluded mental health patients, which is much needed. Findings align with other environmental changes in psychiatric wards that improve the patients' well-being and reduce aggression.
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- Ann Faerden
- Department of Acute Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- User Representative Advisory Board, Department of Acute Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- Department of Acute Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- Department of Acute Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- Section for Personality Psychiatry and Specialized Treatment, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- Section for Personality Psychiatry and Specialized Treatment, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- Department of Acute Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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Reavey P, Brown SD, Ravenhill JP, Boden-Stuart Z, Ciarlo D. Choreographies of sexual safety and liminality: Forensic mental health and the limits of recovery. SSM - MENTAL HEALTH 2022; 2:100090. [PMID: 36688235 PMCID: PMC9792375 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Medium secure forensic psychiatric units are unique environments within the broader "post asylum" landscape of mental health services. Length of stay is much greater and restrictions on behavior, including sexual behavior, are legally and institutionally legitimated, due to concerns regarding risk. As a result, sexuality is rarely explored experientially with service users and no official policies on sexual conduct and sexual safety have yet been developed.
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- Paula Reavey
- London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 OAA, London, United Kingdom
- Corresponding author. London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 OAA, London, United Kingdom.
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- London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 OAA, London, United Kingdom
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McIntosh J, Marques B, Jenkin G. The Role of Courtyards within Acute Mental Health Wards: Designing with Recovery in Mind. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:11414. [PMID: 36141687 PMCID: PMC9517498 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191811414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The role of courtyards and other outdoor spaces in the recovery of acute mental healthcare users has been gaining international appreciation and recognition. However, the physical properties and conditions necessary for therapeutic and rehabilitative engagement remain to be clearly established. This paper contributes to that knowledge by triangulating evidence from the literature, exemplar case studies of good practice and first-hand accounts of the experiences of staff and service users from four acute mental health facilities. The findings are then aligned with a well-established recovery framework (CHIMES) in light of existing landscape architecture knowledge. Within the complexity of varied mental health environments, this work establishes landscape architectural design requirements and qualities essential for recovery. Rather than adopting a prescriptive quantitative approach setting out areas, numbers of elements, etc., the proposed framework recommends a performance-based model and the creation of a cohesive network of microspaces that mesh into a design of outdoor areas. In this way, design details, materials, vegetation and the variety of spaces can be modified to suit service user population demographics and site-specific needs.
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- Jacqueline McIntosh
- Wellington School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- Wellington School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington 23a Mein St., Wellington 6021, New Zealand
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Sturge J, Starrenburg F. The Reorganization of a Psychiatric Unit During COVID-19: A Reflection for Psychiatric Hospital Design. HERD-HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH & DESIGN JOURNAL 2022; 15:354-368. [PMID: 35549742 PMCID: PMC9520130 DOI: 10.1177/19375867221098982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare systems worldwide. Although this disease has primarily impacted general medicine intensive care units, other areas of healthcare including psychiatry were modified in response to corona measures to decrease the transmission of the disease. Reflecting on the modifications to the environment provides an opportunity to design psychiatric environments for future pandemics or other demands for healthcare. BACKGROUND The therapeutic environment of psychiatric wards was modified in Friesland, the Netherlands, in response to COVID-19. During this time, an interdisciplinary team met consistently to contribute to the preliminary design of a new psychiatric hospital. METHODS During the first 18 months of the pandemic, clinical reflections were made to describe the impact of COVID-19 on the psychiatric care environment. Architects have created a preliminary design of a new psychiatric hospital based on these reflections, monthly collaborative design discussions based on virtual mock-ups and evidence-based design based on theoretical concepts and research. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS This theoretical and reflective study describes how an inpatient psychiatric environment was restructured to manage infection during COVID-19. The therapeutic environment of the psychiatric ward and patient care changed drastically during COVID-19. The number of patients accessing care decreased, patient autonomy was restricted, and the function of designated behavioral support spaces changed to manage the risk of infection. However, these challenging times have provided an opportunity to reflect on theories and consider the design of new hospital environments that can be adapted in response to future pandemics or be restructured for different care functions.
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- Jodi Sturge
- Adema Architecten, Groningen, the Netherlands.,Population Research Centre, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
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Brierley-Jones L, Ramsey L, Canvin K, Kendal S, Baker J. To what extent are patients involved in researching safety in acute mental healthcare? RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT 2022; 8:8. [PMID: 35227330 PMCID: PMC8886877 DOI: 10.1186/s40900-022-00337-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is a growing need to involve patients in the development of patient safety interventions. Mental health services, despite their strong history of patient involvement, have been slow to develop patient safety interventions, particularly in inpatient settings. METHODS A systematic search was undertaken of both academic and grey literature. Whilst no lay member of the team worked directly on the review, they were part of the project steering group which provided oversight throughout the review process. This included people with lived experience of mental health services. From a research perspective the main focus for lay members was in co-producing the digital technology, the key project output. Smits et al.'s (Res Involv Engagem 6:1-30, 2020) Involvement Matrix was used to taxonomise levels of patient involvement. Studies were included if they were set in any inpatient mental health care context regardless of design. The quality of all selected studies was appraised using Mixed Methods Appraisal Methodology (MMAT). RESULTS Fifty-two studies were classified, synthesised and their levels of patient involvement in the research and development of patient safety interventions were taxonomised. Almost two-thirds of studies (n = 33) researched reducing restrictive practices. Only four studies reported engaging patients in the research process as decision-makers, with the remaining studies divided almost equally between engaging patients in the research process as partners, advisors and co-thinkers. Just under half of all studies engaged patients in just one stage of the research process. CONCLUSION Involvement of patients in researching patient safety and developing interventions in an inpatient mental health context seems diverse in its nature. Researchers need to both more fully consider and better describe their approaches to involving patients in safety research in inpatient mental health. Doing so will likely lead to the development of higher quality safety interventions.
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- Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford, UK
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- School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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Missouridou E, Fradelos EC, Kritsiotakis E, Mangoulia P, Segredou E, Papathanasiou IV. Containment and therapeutic relationships in acute psychiatric care spaces: the symbolic dimensions of doors. BMC Psychiatry 2022; 22:2. [PMID: 34983447 PMCID: PMC8725636 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03607-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is an increasing trend of door locking practices in acute psychiatric care. The aim of the present study was to illuminate the symbolic dimensions of doors in Greek mental health nurses' experiences of open and locked working spaces. RESULTS A sequential mixed-method designexplored the experiences of nurses working in both open and locked psychiatric acute care units. Participants experiences revealed four types of doors related to the quality of recovery-oriented care: (a) the open door, (b) the invisible door, (c) the restraining door, and (d) the revolving door. Open doors and permeable spacesgenerated trust and facilitated the diffusion of tension and the necessary perception of feeling safe in order to be involved in therapeutic engagement. When the locked unit was experienced as a caring environment, the locked doors appeared to be "invisible". The restraining doors symbolized loss of control, social distance and stigma echoing the consequences of restrictingpeople's crucial control over spaceduring the COVID-19 pandemicin relation toviolence within families, groups and communities. The revolving door (service users' abscondence/re-admission) symbolised the rejection of the offered therapeutic environment and was a source of indignation and compassion fatigue in both open and locked spaces attributed to internal structural acute care characteristics (limited staffing levels, support, resources and activities for service users) as well as 'locked doors' in the community (limited or no care continuity and stigma). CONCLUSIONS The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people's crucial control of space provides an impetus for erecting barriers masked by the veil of habit and reconsidering the impact of the simple act of leaving the door open/locked to allow both psychiatric acute care unit staff and service users to reach their potential.
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- Evdokia Missouridou
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, University of West Attica, Saint Spiridonos 12243, Egaleo, Athens, Greece.
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- grid.410558.d0000 0001 0035 6670Community Nursing Lab, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- grid.499377.70000 0004 7222 9074 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, University of West Attica, Saint Spiridonos 12243, Egaleo, Athens, Greece ,Psychiatric Department, General State Hospital “Sismanoglio”, Marousi, Greece
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- grid.499377.70000 0004 7222 9074 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, University of West Attica, Saint Spiridonos 12243, Egaleo, Athens, Greece ,Psychiatric Liaison Unit, General State Hospital “Evangelismos”, Athens, Greece
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- Alcohol Treatment Unit, Psychiatric Hospital of Attica, Chaidari, Greece
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- grid.410558.d0000 0001 0035 6670Community Nursing Lab, Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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"Old friend and powerful cadre": Doctor-patient relationships and multi-dimensional therapeutic landscapes in China's primary hospitals. Health Place 2021; 72:102708. [PMID: 34742120 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A positive doctor-patient relationship is believed to play a key role in the healing process in clinics. While challenges to the doctor-patient relationship are a global concern, complex social contexts which introduce familial collectivism and totalitarian bureaucracy to maintain a doctor's authority have complicated doctor-patient relationships in China. This study delineates a multi-dimensional therapeutic landscape of hospitals in China, focusing on the doctor-patient relationship performances used to improve patients' healing experiences. Based on fieldwork in two primary hospitals in Eastern China, we find that primary hospitals in China are not only professional spaces, but hybrids of professional and non-professional spaces. In these spaces, both professional and other discourses in various forms of social-environmental engagement affect therapeutic experiences. Varying time and space in hospitals allow doctors to construct multi-dimensional therapeutic landscapes vis-a-vis patients to secure patients' compliance with their recommendations, and thus improve health outcomes. We argue that these dimensions may also cause negative therapeutic experience such as unnecessary health care. This study contributes to the literature on therapeutic landscapes of health care by providing a critical view on the construction of multi-dimensional therapeutic hospital landscapes. Furthermore, it links the critical health geographies literature with China's broader social context to explicate the cultural and social transformation of health care spaces in contemporary China. Findings from this study inform both theoretical and empirical debates regarding therapeutic landscapes of health care by embedding the professional spaces of health care into broader geographical discourses. This calls for health professionals to reflect on ethical concerns in multi-dimensional health care landscapes.
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McGrath L, Mighetto I, Liebert RJ, Wakeling B. Stuck in separation: Liminality, graffiti arts and the forensic institution as a failed rite of passage. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2021; 43:1355-1371. [PMID: 34137056 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Forensic psychiatric institutions are tasked with both containment and transformation, with securely policing the border between institution and society and readying patients for return to the community. Forensic institutions can thus be theorised as a form of 'rite of passage', engaged in a process of transformation which both navigates and demarcates social limits. This article contributes to literature on risk and control in clinical institutions by offering a novel theoretical synthesis of features of rites of passage and liminality, as facilitated by an art project in a forensic setting. Through the prism of the Graffiti and Wellbeing Project (GWP), an arts initiative, we explore the ways in which forensic institutions thus offer or impede opportunities for transformation. The project engendered a space for the transformation of difficult emotions and histories through the medium of art creating a liminal space of transformation within the confines of a secure institution. Drawing on Douglas, Kristeva and Bahktin, we argue that forensic institutions largely attempt to manage their own transgressive, marginal status, and the abject experiences of patients, through a recourse to order, suppression and sublimation. We argue for a wider range of responses to the transgressive and marginal experiences and behaviours prevalent in forensic settings, drawing on examples from the GWP.
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- Laura McGrath
- School of Psychology and Counselling, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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- The Outsider Gallery London, Clarendon Recovery College, London, UK
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Taheri S, Ghasemi Sichani M, Shabani A. Evaluating the literature of therapeutic landscapes with an emphasis on the search for the dimensions of health: A systematic review. Soc Sci Med 2021; 275:113820. [PMID: 33721742 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Health geography emphasizes landscape capacity as a perspective for examining health dimensions. Much of this emphasis is on the concept of therapeutic landscapes. In the last two decades, changes in the therapeutic landscapes concerning health, as well as why and how the development of the emphasis on the dimensions of the health in the landscape in proportion to the temporal-spatial course of literature in this field can be considered. The framework of the present study is based on a systematic review of therapeutic landscapes in the geography of health in the last two decades. This systematic literature review followed the PRISMA guidelines. Searching for "Therapeutic Landscapes" term at Science Direct and PubMed, screening, 56 eligible articles were selected in the journal Social Science and Medicine, and Health and Place. The results of the systematic review, aiming to search for the health dimensions of the therapeutic landscape, and recognize main gaps, identified three main issues: scale and range of users of therapeutic landscapes, the position importance of experiences in therapeutic landscapes, therapeutic landscapes as the holistic paradigm. The results of the research show that in recent years, attention to multiple dimensions of health, especially non-physical relationships of therapeutic landscapes and multiple dimensions of health, has been considered more and more by researchers. Personal-social perceptions and experiences are also continually evolving, so the concept of therapeutic landscapes and its relationship to health is considered living and dynamic.
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- Shima Taheri
- Department of Architecture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran; Young Researchers and Elite Club, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Architecture, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran; Community Health Research Center, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Urban planning, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran; Advancement in Architecture and Urban planning Research Center, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.
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Fit for What Purpose? Exploring Bicultural Frameworks for the Architectural Design of Acute Mental Health Facilities. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18052343. [PMID: 33673580 PMCID: PMC7956850 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18052343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Acute mental health care facilities have become the modern equivalent to the old asylum, designed to provide emergency and temporary care for the acutely mentally unwell. These facilities require a model of mental health care, whether very basic or highly advanced, and an appropriately designed building facility within which to operate. Drawing on interview data from our four-year research project to examine the architectural design and social milieu of adult acute mental health wards in Aotearoa New Zealand, official documents, philosophies and models of mental health care, this paper asks what is the purpose of the adult inpatient mental health ward in a bicultural country and how can we determine the degree to which they are fit for purpose. Although we found an important lack of clarity and agreement around the purpose of the acute mental health facility, the general underpinning philosophy of mental health care in Aotearoa New Zealand was that of recovery, and the CHIME principles of recovery, with some modifications, could be translated into design principles for an architectural brief. However, further work is required to align staff, service users and official health understandings of the purpose of the acute mental health facility and the means for achieving recovery goals in a bicultural context.
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Mutual visibility and interaction: staff reactions to the ‘healing architecture’ of psychiatric inpatient wards in Denmark. BIOSOCIETIES 2020. [DOI: 10.1057/s41292-020-00195-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Walsh B, Dahlke S, O'Rourke H, Hunter KF. Exploring acute care nurses' decision-making in psychotropic PRN use in hospitalised people with dementia. J Clin Nurs 2020; 31:2024-2035. [PMID: 32860272 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To understand how acute care nurses make decisions about administering "as-needed" (PRN) psychotropic medications to hospitalised people with dementia (PWD). BACKGROUND Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia occur in approximately 75% of PWD admitted to acute care. Despite this, few studies provide insight into the use and prevalence of psychotropic use in acute care. DESIGN A qualitative descriptive design was used to explore acute care nurses' decision-making about PRN psychotropic medication administration to PWD. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight nurses from three acute care medical units in a large tertiary hospital in Western Canada. Conventional content analysis was used to develop three themes that reflect nurses' decision-making related to administering PRNs to hospitalised PWD. COREQ guidelines were followed. RESULTS Three themes of legitimising control, making the patient fit and future telling were developed. Legitimising control involved medicating undesirable behaviours to promote the nurses' perceptions of safety. Making the patient fit involved maintaining routine and order. Future telling involved pre-emptively medicating to prevent undesirable behaviours from escalating. Nurses provided little to no mention of assessing for physical causes contributing to behaviours. PRNs were seen as a reasonable alternative to physical restraints and were frequently used. Additionally, organisational and unit routines greatly influenced nurses' decision-making. CONCLUSIONS These findings provide an initial understanding of how nurses make decisions to administer PRN medications to hospitalised older people and may inform prescribing practices. There were novel findings about the lack of assessment prior to PRN administration, and the nurses' collective response in decision-making. More research is needed to better understand the complexities of nurses' decision-making, to assist in the development of interventions for nursing practice.
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- Brittany Walsh
- Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Varpula J, Välimäki M, Lantta T, Berg J, Lahti M. Nurses' perceptions of risks for occupational hazards in patient seclusion and restraint practices in psychiatric inpatient care: A focus group study. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2020; 29:703-715. [PMID: 32086881 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 01/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Seclusion and restraint are regularly used to manage patient aggression events in psychiatric inpatient care, despite occupational safety concerns. There is currently a lack of information on how nurses perceive the use of patient seclusion and restraint as a risk for occupational safety. The aim of this study is to describe the risks for occupational hazards in patient seclusion and mechanical restraint practices as well as ideas for improvement identified by nurses. A qualitative descriptive design was adopted, using focus groups comprising nurses (N = 32) working in psychiatric inpatient care. The data were analysed using inductive content analysis, and the results were reported using the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies (COREQ). Four themes of risk for occupational hazards were identified: patient-induced, staff-induced, organization-induced, and environment-induced risks. One significant finding was that nurses described that their actions can strongly contribute to occupational hazards during seclusion and mechanical restraint practices. The nurses gave various ideas for how occupational safety could be improved during seclusion and mechanical restraint events, ideas involving staff, the organization, and environmental enhancements.
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- Jaakko Varpula
- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China (SAR)
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University of Applied Science, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku University of Applied Science, Turku, Finland
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Berg SH, Rørtveit K, Walby FA, Aase K. Adaptive capacities for safe clinical practice for patients hospitalised during a suicidal crisis: a qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry 2020; 20:316. [PMID: 32560682 PMCID: PMC7304097 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-020-02689-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Safe clinical practice for patients hospitalised in mental health care during a suicidal crisis is situated within a dynamic, non-linear and uncertain context. Under such complex conditions, the adaptive capacity is considered vital to handling challenges and changes in clinical care. This study aimed to explore safe clinical practice for suicidal patients hospitalised in mental health wards through understanding healthcare professionals' (HCPs') capacities to adapt to challenges and changes in clinical care. METHODS This study applied a qualitative design with focus group and individual interviews. Twenty-five HCPs participated in the focus groups, and 18 participated in individual interviews. The study was conducted in open and locked wards in a university hospital in Norway providing specialised mental health services for patients with mental illness. RESULTS HCPs described their adaptive capacities for clinical practice relative to three themes. 1) HCPs used expertise to make sense of suicidal behaviour to support complex decision making. Their strategies included setting aside forms and checklists to prioritise trust and making judgements based on more than just patients' spoken words. They improved their understanding by seeking others' perspectives through collaborative sense-making processes involving the healthcare team and patient. 2) HCPs individualised the therapeutic milieu to address the diversity of patients with suicidal behaviour by creating individual clinical pathways, making trade-offs between under- and over-protection and adjusting observations. 3) HCPs described managing uncertainty as necessary for providing safe clinical practice. They managed uncertainty as a team by developing mutual collegial trust and support and creating a shared understanding. CONCLUSION HCPs' adaptive capacities are vital to the complex set of practices involved in safe clinical practice for patients hospitalised during a suicidal crisis. By using expertise, individualising the therapeutic milieu, and managing uncertainty, HCPs individually and collectively develop their capacities to adapt to challenges and changes in clinical care. HCPs cannot easily ensure safe clinical practice by following standards; safe clinical practice depends on HCPs' adaptations. Ward systems that ensure collegial trust and support, as well as arenas that foster shared understanding and situational awareness, are needed.
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- Siv Hilde Berg
- Division of Adult Mental Health, Sandnes DPS, Stavanger University Hospital, Postveien 181, N-4307 Sandnes, Norway
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- Nursing and Health Care Research Group, Department of Research, Stavanger University Hospital, P.O. Box 8100, N-4068 Stavanger, Norway
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- National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, Building 12, N-0320 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, N-4036 Stavanger, Norway
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Simonsen TP, Duff C. Healing architecture and psychiatric practice: (re)ordering work and space in an in-patient ward in Denmark. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2020; 42:379-392. [PMID: 31657031 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Healing architecture is a defining feature of contemporary hospital design in many parts of the world, with psychiatric in-patient facilities in Denmark at the forefront of this innovation. The approach rests on the contention that designed clinical spaces and the particular dispositions they express may promote patient recovery. Although the idea that health may be spatially mediated is well-established, the means of this mediation are far from settled. This article contributes to this debate by analysing medical encounters in the context of a new purpose-built psychiatric hospital opened in Slagelse, Denmark in late 2015 as an example of healing architecture for the region. Grounded in qualitative research conducted in two wards between 2016 and 2017, we explore the key material and social effects of the hospital's healing architecture, and the spaces and practices it enacts. Following the work of Michael Lynch, we consider both the designed 'spatial order' of the in-patient wards and the 'spatial orderings' unfolding therein with a particular interest in how order is accomplished in psychiatric work. With much of the existing discussion of healing architectures focusing on their impacts on patient wellbeing, we consider how healing architectures may also be transforming psychiatric work.
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- Thorben P Simonsen
- Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Centre for People, Organisation and Work, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Thibaut B, Dewa LH, Ramtale SC, D'Lima D, Adam S, Ashrafian H, Darzi A, Archer S. Patient safety in inpatient mental health settings: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e030230. [PMID: 31874869 PMCID: PMC7008434 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Patients in inpatient mental health settings face similar risks (eg, medication errors) to those in other areas of healthcare. In addition, some unsafe behaviours associated with serious mental health problems (eg, self-harm), and the measures taken to address these (eg, restraint), may result in further risks to patient safety. The objective of this review is to identify and synthesise the literature on patient safety within inpatient mental health settings using robust systematic methodology. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-synthesis. Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Health Management Information Consortium, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Web of Science were systematically searched from 1999 to 2019. Search terms were related to 'mental health', 'patient safety', 'inpatient setting' and 'research'. Study quality was assessed using the Hawker checklist. Data were extracted and grouped based on study focus and outcome. Safety incidents were meta-analysed where possible using a random-effects model. RESULTS Of the 57 637 article titles and abstracts, 364 met inclusion criteria. Included publications came from 31 countries and included data from over 150 000 participants. Study quality varied and statistical heterogeneity was high. Ten research categories were identified: interpersonal violence, coercive interventions, safety culture, harm to self, safety of the physical environment, medication safety, unauthorised leave, clinical decision making, falls and infection prevention and control. CONCLUSIONS Patient safety in inpatient mental health settings is under-researched in comparison to other non-mental health inpatient settings. Findings demonstrate that inpatient mental health settings pose unique challenges for patient safety, which require investment in research, policy development, and translation into clinical practice. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42016034057.
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- Bethan Thibaut
- NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Tranlsational Research Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Tranlsational Research Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Tranlsational Research Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Behaviour Change, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Tranlsational Research Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Tranlsational Research Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Tranlsational Research Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- NIHR Imperial Patient Safety Tranlsational Research Centre, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
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Harrington A, Darke H, Ennis G, Sundram S. Evaluation of an alternative model for the management of clinical risk in an adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2019; 28:1099-1109. [PMID: 31206989 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Despite their widespread use, typical visual observation practices are not evidence-based and adverse events - such as self-harm and absconding - still occur even under the most intense forms of observation. This study aimed to (i) develop and implement an engagement-focused systematized model of clinical risk management in an adult acute psychiatric inpatient unit; and (ii) prospectively evaluate its effect on rates of violence, self-harm, absconding, sexually inappropriate behaviour, 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-harm, absconding, sexually inappropriate behaviour, and seclusion were compared before and after implementation, and staff satisfaction levels were measured. The clinical engagement-based model was introduced, and 1087 admissions before implementation (24 months) were compared with 965 admissions post-implementation (18 months). The new model was associated with significantly reduced rates of absconding (pre: 10.5/1000 occupied bed days, 95% CI [9.0, 12.1] compared with post: 6.5/1000 occupied bed days [5.2, 8.1], P < 0.001) and seclusion (pre: 43.7/1000 occupied bed days, 95% CI [40.6, 46.9] compared with post: 30.9/1000 occupied bed days [27.9, 34.1], P < 0.0001). Rates of aggression, deliberate self-harm, and sexually inappropriate behaviour were non-significantly decreased. Findings suggest that this engagement-focused model of clinical risk management in an adult psychiatric inpatient unit significantly reduced adverse patient events and was preferred by staff over current practice. Other psychiatric inpatient facilities may see a reduction in adverse events following the introduction of this well-tolerated risk management model.
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- Psychiatry Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- North Western Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Institute for Health and Social Science Research, Centre for Mental Health Nursing Innovation, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.,School of Nursing and Midwifery, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
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- North Western Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Psychiatry Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Adult Psychiatry, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Birken M, Bryant W. A Photovoice study of user experiences of an occupational therapy department within an acute inpatient mental health setting. Br J Occup Ther 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/0308022619836954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Mary Birken
- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, UK
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Averill IRE, Beaglehole B, Douglas KM, Jordan J, Crowe MT, Inder M, Lacey CJ, Frampton CM, Bowie CR, Porter RJ. Activation therapy for the treatment of inpatients with depression - protocol for a randomised control trial compared to treatment as usual. BMC Psychiatry 2019; 19:52. [PMID: 30709391 PMCID: PMC6359820 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-019-2038-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Inpatients with depression have a poor long term outcome with high rates of suicide, high levels of morbidity and frequent re-admission. Current treatment often relies on pharmacological intervention and focuses on observation to maintain safety. There is significant neurocognitive deficit which is linked to poor functional outcomes. As a consequence, there is a need for novel psychotherapeutic interventions that seek to address these concerns. METHODS We combined cognitive activation and behavioural activation to create activation therapy (AT) for the treatment of inpatient depression and conducted a small open label study which demonstrated acceptability and feasibility. We propose a randomised controlled trial which will compare treatment as usual (TAU) with TAU plus activation therapy for adult inpatients with a major depressive episode. The behavioural activation component involves therapist guided re-engagement with previously or potentially rewarding activities. The cognitive activation aspect utilises computer based exercises which have been shown to improve cognitive function. DISCUSSION The proposed randomised controlled trial will examine whether or not the addition of this therapy to TAU will result in a reduced re-hospitalisation rate at 12 weeks post discharge. Subjective change in activation and objectively measured change in activity levels will be rated, and the extent of change to neurocognition will be assessed. TRIAL REGISTRATION Unique trial number: U1111-1190-9517. Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) number: ACTRN12617000024347p .
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- Ian R. E. Averill
- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand ,0000 0001 0040 0934grid.410864.fSpecialist Mental Health Services, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand ,0000 0001 0040 0934grid.410864.fSpecialist Mental Health Services, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand
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- 0000 0004 1936 8331grid.410356.5Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
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- 0000 0004 1936 7830grid.29980.3aDepartment of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 4345, Christchurch, 8140 New Zealand ,0000 0001 0040 0934grid.410864.fSpecialist Mental Health Services, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Reavey P, Brown S, Kanyeredzi A, McGrath L, Tucker I. Agents and spectres: Life-space on a medium secure forensic psychiatric unit. Soc Sci Med 2019; 220:273-282. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Melo S. The role of place on healthcare quality improvement: A qualitative case study of a teaching hospital. Soc Sci Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Water T, Wrapson J, Reay S, Ford K. Making space work: Staff socio-spatial practices in a paediatric outpatient department. Health Place 2018; 50:146-153. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Curtis S, Fair A, Wistow J, Val DV, Oven K. Impact of extreme weather events and climate change for health and social care systems. Environ Health 2017; 16:128. [PMID: 29219105 PMCID: PMC5773887 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-017-0324-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This review, commissioned by the Research Councils UK Living With Environmental Change (LWEC) programme, concerns research on the impacts on health and social care systems in the United Kingdom of extreme weather events, under conditions of climate change. Extreme weather events considered include heatwaves, coldwaves and flooding. Using a structured review method, we consider evidence regarding the currently observed and anticipated future impacts of extreme weather on health and social care systems and the potential of preparedness and adaptation measures that may enhance resilience. We highlight a number of general conclusions which are likely to be of international relevance, although the review focussed on the situation in the UK. Extreme weather events impact the operation of health services through the effects on built, social and institutional infrastructures which support health and health care, and also because of changes in service demand as extreme weather impacts on human health. Strategic planning for extreme weather and impacts on the care system should be sensitive to within country variations. Adaptation will require changes to built infrastructure systems (including transport and utilities as well as individual care facilities) and also to institutional and social infrastructure supporting the health care system. Care sector organisations, communities and individuals need to adapt their practices to improve resilience of health and health care to extreme weather. Preparedness and emergency response strategies call for action extending beyond the emergency response services, to include health and social care providers more generally.
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- Sarah Curtis
- Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE UK
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- Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- School of Applied Social Science, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, Hariot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE UK
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Sandhu S, Priebe S, Leavey G, Harrison I, Krotofil J, McPherson P, Dowling S, Arbuthnott M, Curtis S, King M, Shepherd G, Killaspy H. Intentions and experiences of effective practice in mental health specific supported accommodation services: a qualitative interview study. BMC Health Serv Res 2017; 17:471. [PMID: 28693490 PMCID: PMC5504783 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2411-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Deinstitutionalisation in Europe has led to the development of community-based accommodation for people with mental health problems. The type, setting, and intensity of support provided vary and the costs are substantial. Yet, despite the large investment in these services, there is little clarity on their aims and outcomes or how they are regarded by staff and the clients. Methods We interviewed 30 staff and 30 clients from the three main types of supported accommodation in England (residential care, supported housing, floating outreach) to explore their perspectives on the purpose of these services, and the components of care considered most helpful. The interviews were coded and analysed using thematic analysis. Results There were generally consistent understandings amongst clients and staff across service types on the goals and purposes of supported accommodation services as: building independence and confidence; supporting people with their mental health; and providing safety and stability. We also noted a competing theme of anxiety about the continuity of support when clients move on from a service. Themes on the experience of what aided effective practice centred on: the supportive presence of others; incremental steps to progress; working together to avoid deskilling and dependency; feeling known and personally understood; tailoring support for social and community engagement; and building confidence through encouragement. Conclusions The findings provide an understanding of the commonalities in service approach, and goals of clients in these services, as well as the facilitators of goal attainment. However, they also highlight a common tension between providing safe and supportive living environments, whilst also promoting independence and facilitating rehabilitative change.
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- Sima Sandhu
- Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborative Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, Newham Centre for Mental Health, London, E13 8SP, UK.
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- Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborative Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, Newham Centre for Mental Health, London, E13 8SP, UK
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- Bamford Centre for Mental Health & Wellbeing, University of Ulster, Derry, Northern Ireland
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Maple House, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Maple House, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Maple House, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Maple House, London, UK
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- North London Service User Research Forum, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Maple House, London, UK
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- Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Maple House, London, UK
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- Implementing Recovery through Organisational Change, Mental Health Network NHS Confederation, London, UK
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- Division of Psychiatry, University College London, Maple House, London, UK
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Berg SH, Rørtveit K, Aase K. Suicidal patients' experiences regarding their safety during psychiatric in-patient care: a systematic review of qualitative studies. BMC Health Serv Res 2017; 17:73. [PMID: 28114936 PMCID: PMC5259991 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2023-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background In-patient suicide prevention is a high priority in many countries, but its practice remains poorly understood. Patients in a suicidal crisis who receive psychiatric care can provide valuable insight into understanding and improving patient safety. The aim of this paper was therefore to summarize the qualitative literature regarding suicidal patients’ in-patient care experiences. The following question guided the review: How can we describe suicidal patients’ experiences regarding safety during psychiatric in-patient care? Methods Systematic searches were conducted in the MEDLINE, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, SOCINDEX and PsycINFO databases, identifying 20 qualitative studies on suicidal patients and their psychiatric in-patient care experiences. These studies were systematically reviewed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, synthesized via thematic analysis and subjected to quality appraisals. Results Patients described safety as “feeling safe”, and three components, i.e., connection, protection and control, were vital to their experiences of safety. Fulfilling these needs was essential to patients recovering from suicidal crises, feeling safe during encounters with health care professionals and feeling safe from suicidal impulses. Unmet needs for connection, protection and control left patients feeling unsafe and increased their suicidal behaviour. Conclusion Our review addresses the importance of adopting a wider perspective of patient safety than considering safety solely in technical and physical terms. Safety for the suicidal patient is highly dependent on patients’ perceptions of their psychological safety and the fulfilment of their needs. The three patient-identified factors mentioned above – connection, protection and control – should be considered an integral part of patient safety practices and should form the basis of future efforts to understand the safety of suicidal patients during psychiatric in-patient care. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2023-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Siv Hilde Berg
- Division of Psychiatry, Stavanger University Hospital, N-4068, Stavanger, Norway.
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- Division of Psychiatry, Stavanger University Hospital, N-4068, Stavanger, Norway.,Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, N-4036, Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Health Studies, University of Stavanger, N-4036, Stavanger, Norway
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Corneau P, Jacob JD, Holmes D, Rioux D. Contentions mécaniques en psychiatrie : étude phénoménologique de l’expérience vécue du personnel infirmier. Rech Soins Infirm 2017:41-53. [DOI: 10.3917/rsi.128.0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Zhou P, Grady SC. Three modes of power operation: Understanding doctor-patient conflicts in China's hospital therapeutic landscapes. Health Place 2016; 42:137-147. [PMID: 27770670 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Doctor-patient conflicts in contemporary China are increasing in numbers and severity. This health geographic study shows how hospitals as a type of therapeutic landscape can shape doctor-patient relationships. First, the comprehensive nature of therapeutic landscapes with an emphasis on power operation within symbolic environments is provided as a framework for this study. Second, the results from participant observation and interviews with patients and doctors previously involved in conflicts are reported from Internal Medicine and Surgery Departments, within four hospitals in Anhui Province, Eastern China. The study finds that the spatial and temporal arrangements of spaces, the inside decorations and the different modes of discourses can build or ruin harmonious doctor-patient relations. The research concludes that adaptations to current hospital therapeutic landscapes can improve trust between patients and doctors, resulting in fewer conflicts and better health outcomes in China.
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- Peiling Zhou
- Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Rd, Room 207, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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- Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Rd, Room 207, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Wood VJ, Curtis SE, Gesler W, Spencer IH, Close HJ, Mason JM, Reilly JG. Spaces for smoking in a psychiatric hospital: social capital, resistance to control, and significance for 'therapeutic landscapes'. Soc Sci Med 2013; 97:104-11. [PMID: 24161095 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This paper reports on research framed by theories of therapeutic landscapes and the ways that the social, physical and symbolic dimensions of landscapes relate to wellbeing and healing. We focus especially on the question of how attributes of therapeutic landscapes are constructed in different ways according to the variable perspectives of individuals and groups. Through an ethnographic case study in a psychiatric hospital in the North of England we explore the perceived significance for wellbeing of 'smoking spaces' (where tobacco smoking is practiced in ways that may, or may not be officially sanctioned). We interpret our findings in light of literature on how smoking spaces are linked to the socio-geographical power relations that determine how smoking is organised within the hospital and how this is understood by different groups using the hospital building. We draw on qualitative research findings from discussion groups, observations, and interviews with patients, carers and staff. These focused on their views about the building design and setting of the new psychiatric hospital in relation to their wellbeing, and issues relating to smoking spaces emerged as important for many participants. Creating and managing smoking spaces as a public health measure in psychiatric hospitals is shown to be a controversial issue involving conflicting aims for health and wellbeing of patients and staff. Our findings indicate that although from a physical health perspective, smoking is detrimental, the spaces in which patients and staff smoke have social and psychological significance, providing a forum for the creation of social capital and resistance to institutional control. While the findings relate to one case study setting, the paper illustrates issues of wider relevance and contributes to an international literature concerning the tensions between perceived psychological and psychosocial benefits of smoking vs. physical harm that smoking is likely to cause. We consider the implications for hospital design and the model of care.
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- Victoria J Wood
- Department of Geography, Durham University, Wolfson Research Institute, Queens Campus, Stockton-on-Tees DH17 6BH, UK.
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