title: Restraints: retraumatization for rape victims?
abstract: Clients who have experienced trauma through rape or sexual assault discuss the traumatic feelings associated with being placed in leather restraints during times of hospitalization for psychiatric/mental health problems. In the eyes of those who have openly discussed their private interpretations of their experiences, restraint becomes revictimization. The clients who came forward to tell their stories may be only a small percentage, or they may represent a much larger percentage of the inpatient psychiatric population than nurses and therapists have recognized. Developing a therapeutic rapport with clients is a critical element of psychiatric/mental health nursing that may be severely impaired if the client perceives nurses to be perpetrators of violence.
authors.affiliation: University of Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*