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Women's experiences of restrictive interventions within inpatient mental health services: A qualitative investigation.
- Source :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing; Apr2022, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p379-389, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Restrictive interventions (RI), such as physical restraint, seclusion, and rapid tranquilization, can have negative psychological effects on service users; however, there has been little investigation regarding their effects on women. The aim of this paper was to explore women's experiences of RI within UK inpatient mental health services. Twenty women accessing inpatient mental health services participated in semi‐structured interviews. Using thematic analysis (TA), three primary themes were reported from women's experiences: (1) powerlessness, (2) dehumanization, and (3) relationships and communication. Clinical recommendations included ensuring gender‐awareness and trauma‐informed care training is mandatory for all mental health staff, for RI training to include awareness of gender differences, and for policies to be reviewed with regard to women being invasively searched and ensuring sanitary products are safely available for women within seclusion. Directions for future research include investigating the experiences of RI for women from minority ethnic groups and exploring important moderators and mediators in the relationship between RI and re‐traumatization for women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HOSPITAL patients
PSYCHOTHERAPY patients
HEALTH services accessibility
DEHUMANIZATION
MINORITIES
RESEARCH methodology
INTERVIEWING
QUALITATIVE research
PSYCHOLOGY of women
RESTRAINT of patients
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
COMMUNICATION
SECLUSION of psychiatric hospital patients
THEMATIC analysis
ETHNIC groups
DATA analysis software
MENTAL health services
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14458330
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155518496
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12966