Reducing high-risk interventions for managing aggression in psychiatric settings.
@article{Visalli1997ReducingHI,
title={Reducing high-risk interventions for managing aggression in psychiatric settings.},
author={Hank Visalli and G McNasser and Lucy Johnstone and C A Lazzaro},
journal={Journal of nursing care quality},
year={1997},
volume={11 3},
pages={
54-61
}
}Seclusion and restraints have traditionally been major interventions for controlling patient aggression. The implementation of less restrictive measures may or may not be an option in managing individual cases of psychiatric emergencies. Improvement in patients, knowledge of alternatives and the need to reduce the use of restraints have led to the development of new tools to enhance prevention of high-risk interventions. At one institution, an anger management assessment tool and "Triangle of…
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