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Attitudes toward Seclusion in Psychiatry in the Elderly

[ ISSN : 2573-3389 ]

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Jerome Palazzolo*

Department of Psychiatry, The Nice Sophia Antipolis University, France

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Jerome Palazzolo, The Nice Sophia Antipolis University, Quai des Deux Emmanuel, 06300 Nice, France, Tel : 06 61 02 95 08 / 04 93 27 97 36; Email: palazz@free.fr

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Seclusion of a patient who has been admitted to an institution for psychiatric care is one of the possible interventions from a range of treatment and care strategies. Seclusion is used in different kinds of institutions, for example, in psychiatric hospitals, institutions for mentally handicapped persons, and judicial institutions. Seclusion is a controversial issue in the care of psychiatric inpatients, having provoked moral debate for several decades. Seclusion is associated with neglect and abuse; thus, the issue provokes emotional reactions on both sides of the debate. According to Mattson and Sacks.

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Palazzolo J. Attitudes toward Seclusion in Psychiatry in The Elderly. SM J Depress Res Treat. 2015;1(1):1001. https://dx.doi.org/10.36876/smjdrt.1001

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Received: February 06, 2015

Accepted: February 26, 2015

Published: June 05, 2015