Citation

Kulkarni G, Deshmukh P, Barzman D. Psychiatr. Q. 2010; 81(2): 167-175.

Affiliation

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, D4/37, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229-3039, USA, gaurav.kulkarni@cchmc.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11126-010-9126-2

PMID

20165915

Abstract

The answer for treating pathologic aggression (PA) in children on inpatient psychiatry units (based on various factors like severity of aggression and co-morbidities) is less likely to be restrictive interventions or sedating the patient. Using seclusion and restraints or medications to calm down the aggression is not free of adverse consequences. A protocol is needed to safely and effectively address aggressive and violent children and adolescents seen very commonly in psychiatry inpatient units.

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