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Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Children and Adolescents
Roger L. Brown, PhD;
Myron Genel, MD;
Joseph A. Riggs, MD;
Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:653-656.
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A resolution, introduced by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) at the 1998 American Medical Association (AMA) annual meeting, asked the AMA to work in conjunction with state and local medical societies and all appropriate specialty organizations to review existing seclusion and restraint guidelines and coordinate the development of updated national guidelines for the safe and clinically appropriate use of seclusion and restraint techniques with children and adolescents.
Responsibility for the resolution was given to the AMA Council on Scientific Affairs, and the Council has examined the available data to develop this report. There are, however, relatively few empirical studies on the use of seclusion and restraint with children and adolescents. This report does not address restraints employed during diagnostic or treatment procedures (eg, . . . [Full Text of this Article] RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION: DEFINITION AND USE
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From the American Medical Association, Chicago, Ill (Dr Brown), and the AMA Council on Scientific Affairs (Drs Genel and Riggs).
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