Verbal De-escalation of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA De-escalation Workgroup

Verbal De-escalation of the Agitated Patient: Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA De-escalation Workgroup

Agitation is an acute behavioral emergency requiring immediate intervention. Traditional methods of treating agitated patients, ie, routine restraints and involuntary medication, have been replaced with a much greater emphasis on a noncoercive approach. Experienced practitioners have found that if s...

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Main Authors: Janet S. Richmond, Jon S. Berlin, Avrim B. Fishkind, Garland H. Holloman, Scott L. Zeller, Michael P. Wilson, Muhamad Aly Rifai, Anthony T. Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2012-04-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
agitation
agitated
de-escalation
verbal de-escalation
de-escalating
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/55g994m6

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