locked ward
Sealed hospital section
A locked ward is a section of a hospital or psychiatric facility where patients cannot leave freely—doors are secured and exit requires staff authorization.
Patients are confined for their own safety or others': She was admitted to the locked ward after a suicide attempt.
The term carries connotations of serious mental illness or crisis requiring close supervision.
- psychiatricOf mental health treatment
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- restraintControl over impulses
- isolationComplete separation from others
- secureProtected from harm
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- hospitalshospital, ER, emergency room, ICU, operating room
- psychiatric facilitiespsychiatric hospital, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric facility, state hospital
- psych wardspsychiatric hospital, padded cell, padded room, straitjacket, straitjackets
- care facilitieshospital, clinic, medical center, health center, rehabilitation center
- asylumsinsane asylum, lunatic asylum, madhouse, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
- restraintshandcuffs, shackles, chains, ropes, cuffs
locked wardoutpatient therapy
Medical treatment without admission
private practice · counseling center · self-help group · peer support
locked wardambulatory care
Healthcare without admission
halfway house · group home · supported housing · independent living · residential treatment
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