Reducing Restrictive Interventions in Inpatient Mental Healthcare Facilities: A Literature Review
Abdullah Saeed Alahmari,
Nasser Mohammed Aamri,
Amer Ahmed Amer AL-Ammari
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND: One common characteristic of mental health facilities is the violence and aggression that most patients exhibit. Such characteristics threaten the safety of the patients as well as that of the healthcare providers. Interventions have been put in place to prevent such aggression among mental patients. One of the common interventions is physical or chemical restriction. However, such interventions not only violate the dignity of the patients but also have negative repercussions on the treatment proce… Show more
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