[Quality characteristics of freedom-restricting coercive measures in child and adolescent psychiatry].
Putting into practice legal prescriptions of both children's rights and the personal freedom guaranteed by the German basic constitutional law requires a reflected and sensitive use of freedom-restricting coercive measures. Such measures imply uncertainties and burdens for staff and patients in child and adolescent psychiatry. Using guidelines of psychiatric associations and instructions from three institutions, basic attitudes and quality characteristics of indication, performance, and participation with regard to freedom-restricting coercive measures are described.
Schepker
Renate
R
Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, ZfP Weissenau, Ravensburg. renate.schepker@zfp-weissenau.de
Steinert
Tilman
T
Jungmann
Joachim
J
Bergmann
Frank
F
Fegert
Jörg M
JM
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003068:Coercion; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004282:Documentation; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*