ECT is controversial as a form of therapy, with lay and psychiatric objectors. Restraint is also controve

The authors discuss an interdisciplinary project to reduce the use of restraints in an acute care setting

The pathway to discarding the use of restraints on older people with a dementing illness is cluttered wit

The reinforcing function of physical restraint was analyzed for three retarded individuals who had a hist

A 29-year old man was admitted to an emergency psychiatric ward because of exacerbation of a chronic para

We report the case of a young man with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and multiple drug abuse who

A large subcutaneous hematoma extending from the breastbone region to the left axillary region and left f

Physical restraint rates can be reduced safely in long term care settings, but the strategies used to pre

Overcorrection and physical restraint procedures have been shown to be effective in controlling certain c

A case is described of bilateral ischaemic contracture of the intrinsic muscles of the hands, presenting