Perceived Institutional Restraint Is Associated With Psychological Distress in Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients

Background: Patients in forensic mental health care experience internal and external coercion; the latter comprises different levels of institutional restraint. These restrictions of individual freedom are mainly justified by the safety interests of third parties and are not necessarily in the patie...

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Main Authors: Irina Franke, Michael Büsselmann, Judith Streb, Manuela Dudeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00410/full