Citation

Zeiler J. Psychiatr. Prax. 1985; 12(4): 124-129.

Vernacular Title

Freizugigkeit oder Kontrolle--Zum Umgang mit gewalttatigen Patienten in

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4034808

Abstract

The traditional mental hospitals are said to hamper recovery and obstruct rehabilitation by an authoritarian therapeutic regimen. Nevertheless, the claim of community-oriented hospitals that a liberal therapeutic style improves prognosis and makes treatment more human requires scrutiny. The management of violent patients who call for controlling and disciplinary measures seems to be crucial. In the light of a case-history the article describes, how a misinterpretation of liberal principles complicates the treatment of dangerous patients and supports an attitude which does not admit the double character of psychiatric therapy in regard of the inevitable conflict between safety precautions and therapeutic engagement.

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