2024
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2024.248
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How Inpatient Psychiatric Units Can Be Both Safe and Therapeutic

Abstract: Inpatient psychiatric units should be therapeutic environments that support dignity and recovery. When adverse outcomes (eg, self-harm, violence) happen in these settings, clinicians and administrators can face litigation and other pressures to prioritize risk management over supporting patients' access to personal belongings, exercise equipment, and private spaces. This article describes these downward pressures toward sparser, controlling environments in inpatient psychiatric settings as a safety funnel and … Show more

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