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A chemical restraint is a form of medical restraint in which a drug is used to restrict the freedom or movement of a patient or in some cases to sedate the patient. Chemical restraint is used in emergency, acute, and psychiatric settings to perform surgery or to reduce agitation, aggression or violent behaviours; [a] it may also be used to control or punish unruly behaviours. [2]
In the U.S. in the late 2010s and into the 2020s (so far), restraint of psychiatric patients and/or people with mental disorders (for all purpose other than very temporarily if another person would be in danger) has come under heavy fire from many professionals (such as those in the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective) and human rights groups (such as Alliance Against Seclusion and Restraint ...
Seclusion and restraint are often misused in both public and private schools causing severe injury and trauma for students. restraint and seclusion are often used as punishment for minor behavioral problems. [3] [4] These issues have caused people to call the practices a human rights issue, disabled rights issue, and civil rights issue. There ...
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Chemical restraint, such as forcible injection with the antipsychotic haloperidol or benzodiazepine sedative midazolam, may be used to sedate a patient who is agitated. [ 36 ] : 624 [ 37 ] : 152 In some countries, antipsychotics and sedatives can be forcibly administered to those who are committed , using intramuscular depot injection . [ 38 ]
Methods used to restrict the freedom of such patients include medication (including chemical restraint), physical restraint, and behavioral therapy. [1] Seclusion must only be used in the best interest of the patient, it must only be used as a last resort method, and it must not be prolonged as a form of punishment on the patient.
Officers almost always used prone restraint with other force, and within AP’s database medical officials cited prone position or asphyxia due to restraint as a cause or contributing factor in 61 ...
A Posey vest is a type of medical restraint used to restrain a patient to a bed or chair. [1] Its name comes from the J.T. Posey Company, its inventor, though the term "Posey" is used generically to describe all such devices. [2]