title: [Coercive measures in psychiatry. Restraint on psychiatric units of the Hannover Medical University].
abstract: Following a short review of some studies from Germany and Switzerland on coercive measures in psychiatry a retrospective investigation of restraints in the two psychiatric departments of the Medical School of Hannover is presented. Frequency, time, diagnoses, reasons and procedures are reported in detail and discussed in comparison with results of other studies.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Sozialpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bastiaan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debus
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haltenhof
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003068:Coercion; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Zwangsmassnahmen in der Psychiatrie. Fixierungen auf den psychiatrischen Stationen der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.