Background Restraint or seclusion measures in acute psychiatric care are used as a last
resort when all other methods for removal of physical threat have failed. The purpose of this …

Objective: Seclusion and mechanical restraint are coercive interventions used at psychiatric
hospitals when patients are at imminent risk of harming themselves and/or others. Although …

Objective The aim of this study was to identify quantitative data on the use of seclusion and
restraint in different countries and on initiatives to reduce these interventions. Methods …

Objective: No evidence is available on the relative restrictiveness of seclusion and
mechanical restraint, although guidelines recommend use of the least restrictive …

Background: Considering the negative consequences of using physical restraints, we
conducted this study to identify patients who are more frequently restrained in a psychiatric …

Objective. We describe a hospital-wide effort to decrease restraint and seclusion of
psychiatric inpatients. Our hypotheses were that interventions could reduce the number of …

Background To find interventions for reducing the use of restraint and seclusion, it is
necessary to identify who the restrained and secluded patients are. The aim of the present …

Seclusion and mechanical restraint are restrictive interventions that should be used only as
a last resort and for the shortest possible time, yet little is known about duration of use in the …

Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the current state of duration of
seclusion/restraint in acute psychiatric settings in J apan and the effect of patient …

BackgroundAfter de-escalation techniques have failed, restraints, seclusion and/or rapid
tranquillization may be used for people whose aggression is due to psychosis. Most …