Social climate differences in a large psychiatric hospital: staff and client observations
✍ Scribed by Bonnie J. BootsMiller; William S. Davidson II; Douglas A. Luke; Carol T. Mowbray; Kurt M. Ribisl; Sandra E. Herman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-4392
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✦ Synopsis
Most of the research on social climate in psychiatric hospitals has addressed differences in client/staff perceptions, while neglecting the differences in social climate across types of wards. However, the literature on setting heterogeneity has also suggested that it might be important to examine differences between types of wards within a psychiatric institution since different setting subclassifications have been identified in other settings (Luke, Rappaport, & Seidman, 1991). This research is important to evaluate the treatment milieu and identify aspects of the ward treatment that may require changes in order to function more effectively. Using the Ward