Clinical and demographic characteristics of secluded and mechanically restrained mentally ill patients: a retrospective study
Abstract 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 study is to find a correlation between coercive measures, demographic characteristics within this patient gro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Israel Journal of Health Policy Research |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13584-018-0274-4 |