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KMID : 0948820230290020007
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Korea Institute of Healthcare Architecture Journal
2023 Volume.29 No. 2 p.7 ~ p.16
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Comparative Analysis of Overseas Guidelines for Seclusion Room of Psychiatric Facilities
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Lee Seung-Ji
Yoon Sun-Young
Yeo So-Yeon
Park Do-Hee
Baek Jin-Hee
Kim Sung-Hyun
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Abstract
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Purpose: Seclusion room in a psychiatric facility limit the body and space for treatment or protection, so controversy over human rights violations arises despite their necessity. The seclusion room should be created as an environment that can promote the recovery and healing of patients, not the purpose of managing patients. while ensuring the safety of medical staff. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the standards of overseas guidelines for the seclusion room in psychiatric facility, and through this, it is intended to contribute to the improvement of facility standards for seclusion rooms in Korea, which are at a very insufficient level.
Method: This study takes the method of comparative analysis through literature review. We analyze the facility standards of seclusion room in Korea, and compare and analyze guidelines for seclusion rooms in Australia, US, UK, and Canada.
Result: As a result, the elements of the guideline for seclusion room were classified into size, space, opening, furniture and equipment, and etc. The results of comparative analysis of details are presented.
Implications: Korea should also prepare guidelines for psychiatric institutions, and among them, the standards for seclusion room, which are at the center of controversy over human rights violations, should be reviewed in depth.
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KEYWORD
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Psychiatric facility, Seclusion room, De-escalation room, Space element, Guideline
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