An analysis of successful efforts to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint at a public psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1119-1123

  Donat, Dennis C ^a,b  

^a Western State Hospital Staunton   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0042130067     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1119     Document Type: Review

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