Association between seclusion and restraint and patient-related violence

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1311-1312

  Khadivi, Ali None ^a   Patel, Raman C ^a   Atkinson, Angela R ^a   Levine, Jeffery M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECLUSION; STAFF TRAINING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ISOLATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF MUTILATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 7444223380     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1311     Document Type: Article

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