近年来,就精神病人对隔离的态度和反应做过一些研究。Wadeson等的结论是很多病人在被隔离时有视幻觉、妄想、消极情绪,对工作人员呈各种反应。有些报导说病人感到厌烦、抑郁、愤怒、厌恶、无助感及安全感,另一些报导被隔离的病人觉得遭到挫折、害怕或担忧,而感觉“受到公正对待、安全放心、愉快、够刺激的”则很少。工作人员对隔离的态度亦有研究,Wells认为工作人员都同意对一些病人除了隔离别无它法。Plutchik等的报导说,医务人员认为隔离使 In recent years, some studies have been done on the attitude and reaction of psychiatric patients to isolation. Wadeson et al. Conclude that many patients have visual hallucinations, delusions, and negative emotions when quarantined, and respond differently to staff members. Some reported that patients were annoyed, depressed, angry, disgusted, helpless and insecure. Others reported that isolated patients felt frustrated, afraid or worried and felt “treated fairly, safely, happily, and stimulatingly ”Is very few. Staff also studied isolation, and Wells said staff agree that there is no alternative but to quarantine some patients. Plutchik et al. Reported that medical staff considered the isolationist