title: The treatment of adult patients with a mental disability. Part 3: The use of restraint.
abstract: Over recent years practitioners are increasingly being asked to attend to, or to provide treatment for, adult patients with some degree of mental illness, either in their homes or in the dental surgery. This final paper in the series deals with the lawful delivery of care or treatment in the face of resistance, through the use of restraint.
authors.affiliation: Turner Dental School, University of Manchester Dental Hospital.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bridgman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom