Reducing conflict and containment rates on acute psychiatric wards: the Safewards cluster randomised controlled trial

Background Acute psychiatric wards manage patients whose actions may threaten safety (conflict). Staff act to avert or minimise harm (containment). The Safewards model enabled the identification of ten interventions to reduce the frequency of both. Objective To test the efficacy of these interv...

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Main Authors: Bowers, Len, James, Karen, Quirk, Alan, Simpson, Alan, Stewart, Duncan, Hodsoll, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5984/1/1-s2.0-S0020748915001601-main.pdf