The use of mechanical restraint in the management of psychiatric patients: Is it ever appropriate?
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Forensic Psychiatry
- Vol. 10 (1) , 173-186
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09585189908402148
Abstract
The use of mechanical restraint in British psychiatry is seen as unethical. A different view, however, is held in the United States. The article reviews the literature on the use of mechanical restraint and describes the case-history of a patient in a Special Hospital who poses exceptional difficulties in management and for whom mechanical restraint may prove helpful.Keywords
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