Commentary: A British perspective on the use of restraint and seclusion in correctional mental health care

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 439-443

  O'Grady, John C ^a,b  

^a Wessex Forensic Psychiatry Service   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 38049007484     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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