The value and application of hydrotherapy in a mental hospital

Black, Neil D.

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“…The physiological process of rapid subcutaneous vasoconstriction and vasodilation is believed, in addition to a cenesthesic holding action of tight sheets, to confer a better consciousness of the bodily limits and has been suggested to have an anxiolytic and sedative action on manic symptomatology as expressed by psychomotor agitation (Baruch, 1903;Black, 1936;Wright, 1940;Kilgalen, 1972;Ross et al, 1988;McAfee, 1989;Woodbury & Woodbury Farina, 1998;Silver, 2000). Confirming findings of these earlier studies, Consoli et al (2010) reported that developing (adolescent) individuals usually sleep during the warm time of the session.…”

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“It's the First Time I Feel as One”. Patients' Experience of Therapeutic Body Wraps in Swiss Public Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Wards

Skuza

Dubois

Bangerter

2017

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

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Many patients suffering from serious mental illness experience severe anxiety, and those with psychosis often report feeling that their bodies are falling apart. Expert opinions reported relational benefits and tranquilizing effects of therapeutic body wraps (TBWs). Yet this adjunct nursing therapy has rarely been studied and the existing knowledge is limited to single clinical cases reported from clinicians' perspectives. This study reports on seven adult patients, whose independent accounts of TBWs were audio-recorded, transcribed and cross-analyzed. It sheds light on a commonly underestimated need among many severely ill psychiatric patients to have their anxiety addressed on a bodily level.

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“It's the First Time I Feel as One”. Patients' Experience of Therapeutic Body Wraps in Swiss Public Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Wards

Skuza

Dubois

Bangerter

2017

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

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“…The physiological process of rapid vasoconstriction and vasodilation is believed, in addition to a cenesthesic holding action of tight sheets, to confer a better consciousness of the bodily limits and has been suggested to have an anxiolytic and sedative action on manic symptomatology as expressed by psychomotor agitation (Baruch 1903, Black 1936, Wright 1940, Kilgalen 1972, Ross et al 1988, McAfee 1989, Woodbury & Woodbury Farina 1998, Silver 2000. Confirming findings of these earlier studies, Consoli et al (2010) reported that developing (adolescent) individuals usually sleep during the warm time of the session.…”

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Therapeutic Body Wraps in Swiss public adult acute inpatient wards. A retrospective descriptive cohort study

Opsommer

Dubois

Bangerter

et al. 2016

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Introduction Many patients suffering from serious mental illness experience severe anxiety and those with psychosis often report the feeling of their bodies falling apart. While it is believed that these patients benefit from therapeutic body wraps (TBWs), the use of this adjunct therapy has rarely been studied in adult patients. Aims The aim of this study was to obtain descriptive statistics on the clinical, social-demographic and institutional reality of TBW therapy in Swiss public adult inpatient wards. Methods Retrospective data related to a cohort of 172 adult inpatients were retrieved from records of two public hospitals. Correlations between TBW and the prescriptions of lorazepam were explored. Results TBWs were primarily used for patients diagnosed with either schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional and other non-mood psychotic disorders or mood disorders. Patients had, on average, four psychiatric hospitalizations, and in 30% of the cases, TBWs were offered during the first hospitalization. Moreover, TBWs were mostly practiced by nurses. Body wraps were potentially associated with a reduction in both anxiolytic and neuroleptic drugs. Discussion/Implication for practice Based on our results, TBW might contribute to the clinical management of anxiety by nurses. The efficacy of TWB regarding anxiety has yet to be investigated in a randomized controlled trial.

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The psychiatric uses of cold wet sheet packs

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Lewin²,

Gold³

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The cold wet sheet pack is a treatment that is seldom discussed anymore. The authors present results of a national survey which demonstrated that this treatment is rarely used in modern American psychiatry. They retrospectively review its recent use for 46 hospitalized psychiatric patients and conclude that the treatment is safe and has interesting and useful effects that go beyond the concept of simple restraint. Further study of treatment with cold wet sheet packs is recommended before it disappears altogether.

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The value and application of hydrotherapy in a mental hospital

Cited by 6 publications

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“It's the First Time I Feel as One”. Patients' Experience of Therapeutic Body Wraps in Swiss Public Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Wards

“It's the First Time I Feel as One”. Patients' Experience of Therapeutic Body Wraps in Swiss Public Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Wards

Therapeutic Body Wraps in Swiss public adult acute inpatient wards. A retrospective descriptive cohort study

The psychiatric uses of cold wet sheet packs

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