Notwithstanding the potential for restrictive practices to be misused and abused, there is a specific concern related to manual restraint and the potential for adverse physiological and psychological impacts including pain, injury, and, in some rare cases, fatal consequences....
An Investigation into the Range of Movement and Forces Involved by the Application of Wrist Flexion Restraint Techniques - P...
There are several short term risk assessment instruments used in mental health inpatient settings designed to assess imminent aggression. While the assessment of risk is important, it is equally important that following assessment, efforts are focused on intervening to prevent aggression and use of restrictive...
Presenters will provide a poster on the qualitative research done on this topic. The issue is well substantiated in the literature,but no intervention literature or studies exist. the researchers will be creating an intervention program based on the findings...
The Mechanical Restraint Confounders Risk Alliance Score (MR-CRAS) assesses readiness to be released from mechanical restraint. MR-CRAS was developed and validated in 2018 in forensic psychiatry in Denmark. However, the scale has not been validated on other clinical samples or in other cultural contexts. The...