How locked entrance doors at psychiatric wards are experienced by staff working on these wards has been investigated to a very limited extent.
Phych hospital locked doors.
The first time i entered those doors was 14 years ago i was just 16 and hiding under a very thin white blanket while seated in a wheelchair.
To keep the entrance door locked may help staff to achieve this goal.
A little bit surreal.
It is important that staff try to minimize patients concerns connected to the locked door.
A locked door may make the ward appear as both a prison and a sanctuary.
My parents escorted through the doors.
Structural and practical changes are needed to promote open door hospital policies and should be assessed in future research.
Locked door policies in mental health hospitals are no better than open doors at preventing patient suicide or unauthorised absence according to a study.
If a patient learns that certain hours are for working and others are for sleeping it may assist the patient in more independent living.
With these requirements many mental health staff members maintain that ward boundaries such as locked doors at certain times for treatment purposes are crucial.
Psychiatric staff sometimes needs to protect patients from harming themselves or others.