Only two published studies on seclusion have been conducted in the United States. Rishardson (1987) examined the experiences of inpatient psychiatric patients within 3 days after the episode of seclusion using a structured questionnaire Patients were interviewed after they were released from seclusion. The questionnaire focused on patient experiences prior, during, and after seclusion. The majority of patients responded that prior to seclusion, the most overwhelming emotions were anger, hate, worry, loneliness, feeling trapped, and frustration. Some patients reported feeling that they wanted to hurt themselves or others. During the seclusion process, the majority of patients reported feeling better. After seclusion, patients reported thinking about getting out of the hospital, family, being glad to be out of seclusion, feeling better, and taking medication. The majority of patients said other patients needed to be secluded and half the patients reported that they needed to be secluded.