Forced bed
The forced bed is a somatotherapeutic measure in psychiatry . It is a bed that was provided with devices to restrain the patient. The patient could also wear a straitjacket. A slot or wire mesh allowed the patient to be emptied.
In 1909, a case caused a stir where an agitated patient was immobilized for a month because the assistant doctor was on vacation.
Historical forced beds are exhibited in the Haina Psychiatry Museum and in the Torture Instruments and Court Museum in Gravensteen in Ghent .
A second variant are beds that have a grid, wooden grate or a net at the top.
They are still in use today.
Modern variants are called psychiatric intensive care beds (PIB).
Individual evidence
- ^ R. Gaupp, M. Lewandowsky, H. Liepmann, W. Spielmeyer, K. Wilmanns: Hundred years of psychiatry . In: Journal for all of neurology and psychiatry originals . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-42933-4 , pp. 169 ( preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Heinz Schott, Rainer Tölle: History of psychiatry, disease teachings, wrong ways, forms of treatment . CH Beck, 2006, ISBN 978-3-406-53555-0 , pp. 207 ( preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Hildebrand, Gustav (photographer): Haina. Psychiatry Museum. Forced bed with fixation devices at the head and foot end. In: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de. German Digital Library, 1992, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Dwangbed. In: fesselmuseum.de. Retrieved July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Ashley Smith put in restraint bed three times in eight-day hospital stay. In: therecord.com. May 1, 2013, accessed July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Duradorm Restraint Bed - Humane Restraint. In: humanerestraint.com. Retrieved July 9, 2017 .