The Seclusion and Restraint of the Mentally Ill Child
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1994
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Harvard University
Abstract
This paper discusses a broad overview of the use of seclusion and restraint of children in mental institutions and its possible value and necessity to children and society. This paper will include the types of restraints used, the status of children in our society, justifications for seclusion and restraint, nonsupport of seclusion and restraint, a brief history of seclusion and restraint, the therapeutic value of seclusion, the variation in uses of seclusion.
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child abuse, treatment, institutional care, isolation, psychiatric hospitals
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Hom, J. R. (1994). The Seclusion and Restraint of the Mentally Ill Child