A systematic review 31 of male and female experiences in a psychiatric ward found only five relevant articles. These findings suggested that women prefer to have a broad range of treatment options, including therapy groups, complementary therapy and writing activities.

2016年4月14日 · Recent research outlines that women feel little safety in mixed-gender mental health wards, experience these wards as violent, are re-triggering to experiences of prior violence, and...

However, very little is currently known about the specific characteristics and needs of female patients entering acute psychiatric wards, particularly psychiatric intensive care units. This article aims to review the current literature on what is known about this group of patients.

Objective: Our aim was to assess the impact of creating a female-only area within a mixed-gender inpatient psychiatry service, on female patient safety and experience of care. Method: The Alfred hospital reconfigured one of its two psychiatry wards to include a female-only area.

2014年10月30日 · Objective: Our aim was to assess the impact of creating a female-only area within a mixed-gender inpatient psychiatry service, on female patient safety and experience of care. Method: The...

First, women admitted to psychiatric hospital wards are more likely to have a psychotic disorder than women admitted to women's crisis houses. Second, women admitted to psychiatric hospital wards have a history of more hospital admissions over the previous two years than women admitted to women's crisis houses.

2014年10月30日 · Our aim was to assess the impact of creating a female-only area within a mixed-gender inpatient psychiatry service, on female patient safety and experience of care. The Alfred hospital reconfigured one of its two psychiatry wards to include a female-only area.

MeSH terms Adult Female Hospitals, Psychiatric Humans Patient Safety* Psychiatric Department, Hospital* Women*

Among female admissions to psychiatric hospital wards, there was a higher likelihood of contact with an accident and emergency department or contact with the police before admission than among admissions to a women’s crisis house; female admissions to psychiatric wards were also characterized by more contacts with services before admission.

Our survey aimed to look at the views of current in-patients on an all-female ward to staff gender. The ward is a 20-bed unit for women with acute mental health problems aged 18–65 years. Current staffing balance is 3:1 (female:male). There is a fast turnover of patients, with average in-patient stay being 28 days.