Examining the therapeutic utility of restraints and seclusion with children and youth: The role of theory and research in practice

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 266-278

  Day, David M ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 0037623956     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.2.266     Document Type: Article

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