Citation

Rabenschlag F, Cassidy C, Steinauer R. Front. Psychiatry 2019; 10: e231.

Affiliation

Department of Nursing Development and Research, University of Basel Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), Basel, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Frontiers Media)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00231

PMID

31105598

PMCID

PMC6491964

Abstract

Health professionals like nurses respond to aggression and violence with de-escalation techniques, and still often with coercive measures. Such measures applied by institutions are often rooted in historically grown traditions rather than evidence, reflection, or formation. In this article, we present de-escalation strategies integrating a high and critical awareness toward traditions and the practice of formal and informal coercion.

Language: en

Keywords

coercion history; de-escalation; informal coercion; nursing; nursing practice