Employing behavioral methods to improve the context of care in a public psychiatric hospital: Reducing hospital reliance on seclusion/restraint and psychotropic PRN medication

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-37

  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

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SKILL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0042973008     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1077-7229(02)80036-0     Document Type: Article

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