Physical and chemical restraint in the psychiatric emergency service

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 717-719

  Currier, Glenn W ^a   Allen, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGGRESSION; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034201853     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.51.6.717     Document Type: Short Survey

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