Gregory M. Smith
Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, USA
Title: Correlation between reduction of Seclusion and Restraint and assaults by patients in Pennsylvania's state hospital.
Biography
Biography: Gregory M. Smith
Abstract
This prospective study assessed the use of seclusion and restraint in the Pennsylvania State hospital system from 2001 through 2010. It also examined the corelation between declining use of containment procedures and assaults by patients on other patients and staff