This large-scale quality improvement project across 55 mental health wards tested Board Relay, Zonal Observations, and Life ...

Editor’s Note: Although this article was originally published in 2015, the suggested practices on student discipline, physical restraints, and other physical interventions still apply. This article ...

This is a well-written and thoroughly researched book that is thought-provoking and very informative, writes Julie Duncalf. About one-third of the book looks at the legal, ethical and professional ...

The Department of Health has issued guidelines to stop the intentional use of face-down restraint. The guidelines, “Positive and proactive care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions”, make ...

There is an ongoing programme of evaluation of psychological therapies. One programme focuses on outcomes and satisfaction with psychodynamic psychotherapy. The second is in collaboration with ...

1 Hunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 3 Hunter Medical Research ...

Both restriction and enablement interventions helped physicians adhere to prescribing guidelines and avoid overuse of antibiotics, according to a Cochrane Review published online February 9.