title: Isolated versus visible seclusion rooms: attitudes of psychiatric patients.
abstract: This study compares the attitudes of nonsecluded patients hospitalized on psychiatric units with either isolated or visible seclusion rooms. It was found that there were minimal differences between units. Patients at the hospital with visible seclusion rooms more often indicate that patients are often cured in such rooms, in contrast to the patients on the other unit who endorsed more stereotypical perceptions of the quiet room.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Fairfax Hospital Fund, VA.
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leibenluft
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McElvain
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012931:Social Environment