[HTML][HTML] Recognition and management of agitation in acute mental health services: a qualitative evaluation of staff perceptions

J Tucker, L Whitehead, P Palamara, JX Rosman… - BMC nursing, 2020 - Springer
… also described using both coercive restraint and medication under … to minimise the risk of
physical injury and the need to use … medication in the form of a benzodiazepine…..maybe after …

Use of Medication and Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Management of Violence

P Pratt, C Parker, M Khwaja… - The Prevention and …, 2023 - books.google.com
… superior to olanzapine in reducing aggression, and olanzapine … Consent should be obtained
without pressure or coercion, … The use of parenteral benzodiazepines may carry a risk of …

Pharmacological treatment of psychotic agitation

GW Currier, A Trenton - CNS drugs, 2002 - Springer
antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and atypical antipsychotics … to be superior to haloperidol
in reducing agitation at a dosage of … , restraints should only be used after less coercive options …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency Department Restraint Safety

A White, C Kustera - … Topics in Patient Safety-Volume 2, 2022 - intechopen.com
… to restraints, patients have expressed feeling of coercion and … The most commonly used
benzodiazepines are lorazepam, … strategies and interventions to minimize patient and staff harm, …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment and Management of Agitated Patient in General Hospital Settings

S Grover, H Singla - Cover Designed by Dr Koushik Sinha Deb, 2020 - researchgate.net
… Traditional coercive methods for treating agitation have been … patient as rapidly as possible,
minimize the chances of harm to self … to remember that use of benzodiazepines may lead to …

Adverse effects associated with physical restraint

WK Mohr, TA Petti, BD Mohr - … Journal of Psychiatry, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
… Reconsidering the use of seclusion and restraints in inpatient child and adult … by patients
and staff in an intermediate-term care facility. Journal of Child and … Share access to this article …

Schizophrenic patients' retrospective attitudes regarding involuntary psychopharmacological treatment and restraint

D Naber, T Kircher, K Hessel - European Psychiatry, 1996 - cambridge.org
Coercive measures in our study were defined as: … 16% of those on locked wards, underwent
coercive measures and were … Only two patients received benzodiazepines, the neuroleptic

Joint BAP NAPICU evidence-based consensus guidelines for the clinical management of acute disturbance: de-escalation and rapid tranquillisation

MX Patel, FN Sethi, TRE Barnes, R Dix… - … of Psychiatric …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
… including the general acute hospital and forensic psychiatry. We … use of benzodiazepines
over antipsychotics is advised. If a … , antipsychotics are more effective than placebo in reducing

The use of control interventions in adult mental health inpatient services in Ontario hospitals and identification of risk factors

TM Mah - 2013 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
… to holding a person in order to apply a mechanical restraint. … or normal access to his/her body
including manual or mechanical … of coercion and restriction include both coercive treatment …

Emergency management of acute psychosis

O Freudenreich, O Freudenreich - Psychotic disorders: a practical guide, 2020 - Springer
… the acute crisis; (3) avoiding coercion; (4) treating in the least … progress in reducing the need
for physical restraint which is a … to use benzodiazepines alone – eg, antipsychotics increase …