Are seclusion rooms needed on child psychiatric units?
American Journal of OrthopsychiatryPublished 1 January 1987
Michael R. Irwin
Citations30
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.07
SNIP1.01
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The prevailing assumption of the need for seclusion rooms in child psychiatric inpatient units is questioned and the experience of such a unit that operated with no seclusion room is described.
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The prevailing assumption of the need for seclusion rooms in child psychiatric inpatient units is questioned and the experience of such a unit that operated with no seclusion room is described.
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PsychologyMedicine
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