title: [Isolation and restraints: review of the literature and focus on their impact and normative component].
abstract: Despite recent developments in psychopharmacology and a better understanding of agitation patterns in psychiatric patients, the use of isolation and restraint procedures remains a matter of daily practice. Little or no time is spent on its teaching in a formal way. There is almost no literatureton these issues, and it has grown only since legal procedures initiated by patients, which forced practitioners to spend some time analysing these methods. The article gives a succinct reflection of the literature of recent years which focuses more on the normative component, which should govern these procedures and a short analysis of their systemic impact. The review or awareness of certain variables may give clinicians a better perspective on the use of procedures which, unfortunately, continue to be the cause of deaths in psychiatric practice.
authors.affiliation: Département de psychiatrie, Centre hospitalier régional de Rimouski, Québec.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Begin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Isolement et contentions: revue de littérature et focus sur leurs impacts et les normes qui les régissent.