Alone again, naturally
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Alone again, naturally

Walter Brennan Freelance writer and charge nurse, Scott Clinic Regional Secure Unit, Merseyside

Seclusion can have positive benefits for patients, argues Walter Brennan, who says the practice has only acquired a bad name through its misuse and abuse

The use of seclusion within psychiatry is one of the most sensitive, emotive and controversial issues affecting current practice.

Nursing Standard. 6, 7, 46-47. doi: 10.7748/ns.6.7.46.s45

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