PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chester Swett, Jr.
AU  - Alisa S. Michaels
AU  - Jonathan O. Cole
TI  - Effects of a State Law on Rates of Restraint on a Child and Adolescent Unit
DP  - 1989 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 165--169
VI  - 17
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/17/2/165.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/17/2/165.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1989 Jun 01; 17
AB  - Rates of restraint and seclusion on a child and adolescent unit were evaluated before and after the implementation of a restrictive state law which was designed to reduce the monthly rates of restraint. Overall, the total number of hours in restraint, corrected for mean daily census, decreased significantly. The average number of patients in chemical restraint stayed about the same. There was a significant increase in number of patients, number of episodes, and hours of mechanical restraint as expected. Rates of seclusion dropped to zero as mandated. A new category of physical restraint was defined by law and was used to limited extent.