Apr 29, 2020 at 09:51 PM
I worked in an adolescent psychiatric unit for several years. There are certain criteria that have to be met before restraints are used. The frequency of use varied a lot. Sometimes there would be a few months between restraints, sometimes it would be multiple times per day. It really just depended on the patients on the unit.
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