Two-Year Trends in the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youths
Donovan A, Plant R, Peller A, Siegel L, Martin A. Two-Year Trends in the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Youths. Psychiatric Services 2003, 54: 987-993. PMID: 12851435, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.7.987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUse of seclusionProportion of episodesModalities of treatmentUse of medicationsTwo-year prevalenceState psychiatric hospitalIncidents of seclusionTwo-year trendsRestraint incidentsClinical dataEmergency basisPatient injuryPsychiatric hospitalCumulative durationPerformance improvement programEthnic minority groupsFurther studiesEpisodesChildrenShort episodesPercentConcurrent increaseSeclusionTotal numberMedications