PURPOSE: To identify interventions preventing mechanical restraints. DESIGN AND
METHODS: Systematic review of international research papers dealing with mechanical …

Psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) provide care and treatment when psychiatric
symptoms and behaviors exceed general inpatient resources. This integrative review aimed …

Die vorliegende S3-Leitlinie ist eine Querschnittsleitlinie, die für die Behandlung aller Arten
von psychischen Störungen Relevanz haben kann. Sie beinhaltet eine Übersicht über die …

Background Seclusion is an invasive clinical intervention used in inpatient psychiatric wards
as a continuation of milieu therapy with vast behavioural implications that raise many ethical …

Objective: To present the essential guidelines for non-pharmacological management of
patients with psychomotor agitation in Brazil. Methods: These guidelines were developed …

Accessible summary• Fear of violence from patients may affect the quality of care mental
health nurses provide.• The Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC), a six‐item instrument, has the …

Background The aims of the present study were to investigate clinically relevant patient and
environment-related predictive factors for threats and violent incidents the first three days in …

PURPOSE: To examine how potential mechanical restraint preventive factors in hospitals
are associated with the frequency of mechanical restraint episodes. DESIGN AND …

Evaluations of associations between sleep at night and aggressive behaviour in Psychiatric
Intensive Care Units (PICU) are lacking. The aims were to explore if sleep duration or night …

This study aims to validate the HIC monitor as a model-fidelity scale to the High and
Intensive Care (HIC) model, a recently developed model for acute psychiatric wards. To …