Based on unobtrusive observations, a parallel is drawn between general and psychiatric intensive care nursing. The correlation between bedside skills and the incidence of physical contact between nurse and patient in each setting is considered. The phenomenon of physical attacks by patients on carers and the process of restraint in the psychiatric intensive care unit (ICU) is then examined. It ...

Twelve severely and profoundly mentally retarded individuals with life-threatening self-injurious behaviors were exposed to electrical aversion treatment using a remotely controlled device. Long-term effectiveness was assessed for periods ranging from 2 to 47 months for the 12 individuals, respectively. The degree of imposed physical restraint was used as the major dependent variable. With two ...

Abstract Background Physical and mechanical restraints used in treatment, care, education, corrections programs for children are high-risk interventions primarily due to their adverse physical, emotional, fatal consequences. Objective This study explores the conditions circumstances of restraint-related fatalities United States by asking (1) Who that died physical restraint? (2) How did they di...

In Bates v. State Bar of Arizona,' the Supreme Court held that a state's prohibition of advertising by attorneys was unconstitutional as applied to a newspaper advertisement setting forth fees for certain routine legal services. Bates is necessarily the foundation upon which one must base any judgment regarding the legality of restraints upon physicians' advertising. Restraints on advertising p...

The electronic Ligand Builder and Optimization Workbench (eLBOW) is a program module of the PHENIX suite of computational crystallographic software. It is designed to be a flexible procedure that uses simple and fast quantum-chemical techniques to provide chemically accurate information for novel and known ligands alike. A variety of input formats and options allow the attainment of a number of...

This study examined the continuity, stability, and change of infants' responses to a frustrating event (i.e., arm restraint) between 2 and 6 months in terms of both negative reactivity and its regulation. Fifty-two healthy, full-term infants and their mothers participated in an arm restraint procedure. Infant behaviors were observed and coded at 3-s intervals. The results showed that infants' r...