@article{ref1,
title="Facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in everyday life in forensic mental health wards - a qualitative study",
journal="International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being",
year="2023",
author="Sollied, Sylvie Anna and Lauritzen, Jette and Damsgaard, Janne Brammer and Kvande, Monica Evelyn",
volume="18",
number="1",
pages="e2209966-e2209966",
abstract="PURPOSE: To explore healthcare professionals' experiences with facilitating a safe and caring atmosphere in patients' everyday lives in forensic mental health wards. <br><br>METHODS: This qualitative study employed interviews with 16 healthcare professionals working shifts in two forensic mental healthcare wards in Norway. Data were analysed using phenomenological hermeneutic analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The findings are presented in terms of two themes. The first theme is &quot;Creating a calming atmosphere&quot; and includes the subthemes &quot;Creating caring surroundings with safety, comfort and trust&quot; and &quot;Balancing everyday life activities&quot;. The second theme is &quot;Facilitating risk assessments and care&quot; and includes the subthemes &quot;Acting as a team&quot;, &quot;Becoming aware of the meaning in signs&quot; and &quot;Becoming aware of vulnerability and the window of tolerance&quot;. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Involvement in patients' history and lived lives is important both for understanding general social behaviour as well as for assessing signs, symptoms, and changes in patients' conditions; furthermore, it provides valuable information that allows healthcare professionals to become aware of the underlying meanings in signs, which can facilitate examinations and treatment. Acting as a team is essential to solve issues in a calm and safe way when signs of violence occur. In addition, our participants highlighted the need to be aware of individual patients' vulnerability and windows of tolerance to obtain a deeper understanding of patients' lived lives as a whole in the context of providing therapy and care to patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1748-2623",
doi="10.1080/17482631.2023.2209966",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2209966"
}