xxAACP Newsletter, Volume 17, Number 1, Winter 2003
Behavioral Health Groups Create Seclusion/Restraint Document
In an effort to capture the good ideas that are in use throughout the country to lessen the need for restraint and seclusion with psychiatric patients, several national associations have teamed up to publish Learning from Each Other: Success Stories and Ideas for Reducing Restraint/Seclusion in Behavioral Health. This 42-page publication was created by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), and the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) with support from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Section for Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services (SPSAS).The document may be downloaded at no charge directly from the following website: http://www.psych.org/clin_res/learningfromeachother.cfm This document is also available by downloading the complete text at no charge on the following websites: http://www.psych.org; http://www.naphs.org; http://www.apna.org; and http://www.aha.org
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