Verbal de-escalation of the agitated patient: Consensus statement of the American Association for emergency psychiatry project BETA De-escalation workgroup

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Richmond, Janet S ^a   Berlin, Jon S ^b   Fishkind, Avrim B ^c   Holloman, Garland H ^d   Zeller, Scott L ^e   Wilson, Michael P ^f   Rifai, Muhamad Aly ^g   Ng, Anthony T ^h  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c TotalEnergies Ep Research and Technology US   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency (TJM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Acadia Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitated; Agitation; De escalating; De escalation; Verbal de escalation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VERBAL DEESCALATION;

EID: 84863393161     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.9.6864     Document Type: Article

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