Developing a restraint-reduction program for child/adolescent inpatient treatment.
OBJECTIVE
Meeting mandated guidelines to reduce, if not eliminate, the use of restraints with children and adolescents hospitalized on inpatient psychiatric units.


OBJECTIVE
To present eight promising options for restraint reduction with inpatient children and adolescents, and the research that supports their efficacy.


METHODS
Review of the literature.


CONCLUSIONS
By combining what is known about child/adolescent restraint use with restraint-reduction research in the adult field, several options for restraint reduction can be derived.
Delaney
K R
KR
Rush College of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA. kdelaney@rushu.rush.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009746:Nursing, Team; D010343:Patient Admission; D016730:Program Development; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States