title: The physical restraint of children: is it therapeutic?
abstract: Restraint and seclusion are compared as responses to dangerous aggression, and a number of theoretical warrants for the use of physical restraint with children are reviewed, with a primary focus on its attachment-promoting possibilities. Parallels are drawn between sound physical restraint procedures and the temporal phases upon which the holding therapies are based.
authors.affiliation: Marymead Children's Centre, Canberra, Australia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bath
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000523:psychology*