Recommended from the Alliance:  SAMHSA has recently released a report entitled The Business Case for Preventing and Reducing Restraint and Seclusion Use, which explores the use of restraint and seclusion in many different settings with programs serving all different ages.  

For example, there are sections that focus on adolescents in residential care.  An excerpt from the report follows: “Restraint and seclusion are violent, expensive, largely preventable, adverse events. The rationale for their use is inconsistently understood. They contribute to a cycle of workplace violence that can reportedly claim as much as 23 to 50 percent of staff time for 50 percent of staff injuries, increase the risk of injury to consumers and staff by 60 percent and increase the length of stay, potentially setting recovery back at least 6 months with each occurrence. Restraint and seclusion increases the daily cost of care (Cromwell et al., 2005) and contributes to significant workforce turnover reportedly ranging from 18 to 62 percent, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to several million.  

These procedures also raise the risk profile to an organization and incur liability expenses that can adversely impact the viability of the service.” Visit the SAMHSA website for a description of the report: http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA11-4632

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