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==Origin==
[[Latin]] sēclūdĕre, < sē + claudĕre to shut.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1533]
==Definitions==
*1obsolete : to exclude from a [[privilege]], rank, or [[dignity]] : debar
*2: to remove or separate from [[intercourse]] or outside influence : [[isolate]]
*3: shut off, screen
==Description==
The act of '''secluding''', i.e. shutting out or keeping apart from [[society]], or the [[state]] of being secluded, or a place that facilitates it (a secluded place). A [[person]], a couple, or a larger group may go to a secluded place for [[privacy]], or because the place is [[quiet]]. Seclusion of a single person is also called [[solitude]].
==Restrictions on the seclusion of a man and a woman==
In some cases where there are [[legal]], [[religious]] or [[social]] restrictions on two people having [[physical]] [[intimacy]], there may even be such restrictions on just being [[together]] in a secluded place. For example, under [[traditional]] schools of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia sharia] or Islamic law, a [[man]] and a [[woman]] who are not [[married]] and not mahram, being together in a house, a room, a bathroom, or a secluded place may be [[forbidden]]. A man and women could be in a secluded area for [[work]] [[purposes]], just talking, anything that does not allow them to pass their limits.
==Seclusion as a therapy==
Seclusion may be used as a [[control]] tactic in [[psychiatric]] treatment settings. Seclusion of an [[agitated]] [[person]] in a [[quiet]] room free of [[stimulation]] may help de-escalate a situation which may be [[dangerous]] to the agitated person or those around him.
In relation to administering medications, seclusion is a tactic devised for those unwilling to [[proceed]] with instructions. Patients who are secluded due to [[aggressive]] [[behavior]] should not be restrained to seclusion nor medication to calm them instead restraint measures should be taken into [[consideration]]. Other measures, such as behavioural therapy, should be considered when assessing the care of the patient.
Seclusion must only be used in the best interest of the patient, it must only be used as a last resort [[method]] and must not be prolonged as a form of [[punishment]] on the patient. In Ireland, The Mental Health Commission governs seclusion in psychiatric [[institutions]]. The Act states that a [[person]] can only be placed in seclusion if
* it prevents them from hurting themselves and/or others
* and it complies with the rules set out by the Commission.[2]
==References==
*1. David M. Stoff; James Breiling; Jack D. Maser (1997). Handbook of antisocial behavior: David M. Stoff, James Breiling, and Jack D. Maser, editors. John Wiley and Sons. p. 448. ISBN 9780471124528. http://books.google.com/books?id=grg6nHFYeYMC&pg=PA448. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
*2. Jean Morrissey; Jenm; Brian Keogh; Louise Doyle (2008). Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Dekker. p. 41. ISBN 9780717144594. http://books.google.com/books?id=aBL8LwAACAAJ.
[[Category: Psychology]]
