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[Coercive Measures in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Post-war Germany, Using the Example of the "Pflege- und Beobachtungsstation" in the State Psychiatric Hospital Weissenau (1951-1966)].
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Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie [Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr] 2017 Sep; Vol. 66 (7), pp. 526-542. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Coercive Measures in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Post-war Germany, Using the Example of the "Pflege- und Beobachtungsstation" in the State Psychiatric Hospital Weissenau (1951-1966) The patient admissions at the children's ward of the State Psychiatric Hospital Weissenau in the years 1951, 1956, 1961 and 1966 were analyzed regarding documented coercive measures. Shortage of staff, mainly inadequately skilled personnel, a mixing of age groups in the patient cohort, neurological and psychiatric disorders and of patients who were in need of nursing and of those who needed treatment constituted the general work environment. Coercive measures against patients, mostly disproportionate isolations, were a constant part of daily life on the ward. This affected in particular patients who had to stay longer at the hospital and whose stay was financed by public authority. The uselessness of such measures was known, which can be seen e. g. in the Caretaker's Handbook of that time and the comments in the patient files. The situation still escalated in some cases (for example by transfer to an adult ward). For a long time, coercive measures against patients were part of everyday life at the children's ward of the Weissenau; the actual figures are suspected to be much higher.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Child
Germany
History, 20th Century
Humans
Patient Isolation history
Psychiatric Nursing history
Adolescent Psychiatry history
Child Psychiatry history
Coercion
Exposure to Violence history
Hospitals, Psychiatric history
Hospitals, State history
Psychiatric Department, Hospital history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- German
- ISSN :
- 0032-7034
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29557313
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2017.66.7.526