Behavior management on an acute brain injury unit: Evaluating the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary training program

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 304-311

  Beaulieu, Cynthia ^a,d   Wertheimer, Jeffrey C ^b   Pickett, Lee ^a   Spierre, Louise ^a   Schnorbus, Tonya ^a   Healy, Wendy ^c   Palmer, Candace ^a   Jones, Amy ^a  

^a Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies   (United States)

^b Brooks Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

^c Brooks Rehabilitation Fleming Island   (United States)

^d Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Behavior management; Crisis intervention; Interdisciplinary; Rehabilitation; Restraints; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DULOXETINE; ETHANOLAMINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDANTOIN; HYDROXYZINE EMBONATE; LAMOTRIGINE; MELATONIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE AGONIST; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN INJURY; CASE MANAGER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGGRESSION; CONFUSION; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BENZODIAZEPINES; BRAIN INJURIES; CONFUSION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 58249093975     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HTR.0000336843.60961.b7     Document Type: Article

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