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| Published: December 25, 2015
Coercive Interventions
Senior Resident (Psychiatrist), Dept Of Psychiatry, Dharwad Institute Of Mental Health And Neurosciences (DIMHANS), Dharwad, Karnataka, India
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DIP: 18.01.109/20150301
DOI: 10.25215/0301.109
ABSTRACT
Coercion is threat of actions which compels the patient to behave in a manner inconsistent with his own wishes. Coercion is inevitable in psychiatric practices. Various coercive techniques are chemical and physical restraints, seclusion and isolation. This chapter deals with various types of coercive interventions. When and how to use coercive techniques and for what duration it is to be used and permitted. It mentions what safety measures to be used in crisis situation and how coercion can be minimised in psychiatric care.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2015 I M Tavaragi
Received: September 30, 2015; Revision Received: October 26, 2015; Accepted: December 25, 2015
Dr. Meghamala.S.Tavaragi @ dr.meghatavaragi@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.109/20150301
10.25215/0301.109
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Published in Volume 03, Issue 1, October-December, 2015