RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Commentary: On Regulation, Wishfulness, and Denial JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 477 OP 479 VO 39 IS 4 A1 Lion, John R. YR 2011 UL http://jaapl.org/content/39/4/477.abstract AB Restraint and seclusion are unsavory topics within a discipline that cherishes verbal interventions. As such, the principles of use are haphazardly taught by in-house clinicians or private agencies. Policy standards were published in the 1980s, but they have not been officially updated, despite the fact that an American Psychiatric Association (APA) committee met in 2003 to overhaul the standards of care. In training programs, violence is given little syllabus space, compared with the treatment of mood and thought disorders. Aggression remains a stepchild symptom, even though it is frequently encountered in clinical practice.