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The "One-Hour Rule"
Sep/Oct 2002

Making the Case for Locked Seclusion
Nov/Dec 2002

Implications of Restraint Regulations on Residential Treatment Centers
Jan/Feb 2003

Restraining and Secluding Children: A Paradigm Shift
May/Jun 2003

When the Open Door is Really Closed and When a Hold Becomes a Restraint: Conversations with staff in the Georgia State office of Regulatory Services (ORS)
Jul/Aug 2003

Commentary on UK Practices of Seclusion and Restraint in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Units in Comparison to U.S. Practices
Nov/Dec 2003

Talking to Patients before Admissions: A Level I Aggression Prevention and Management Strategy
Jan/Feb 2004

Can Narrative Therapy Decrease the Use of Seclusion and Restraint?
Mar/Apr 2004

De-escalation Programs: The Whole Enchilada?
May/Jun 2004

Developing an Intervention to Reduce Seclusion and Restraint
Jul/Aug 2004

De-escalation Programs: The First Two Examples
Nov/Dec 2004

Is Therapeutic Holding Dead?
Jan/Feb 2005

Three More De-escalation Programs
Mar/Apr 2005

How to Create and Evaluate a Seclusion and Restraint Prevention Plan
May/Jun 2005

Juvenile Justice + Interventions = Fragmentation
Jul/Aug 2005

Some Surprising Findings
Sep/Oct 2005

Rethinking the MO of the Status Quo
Nov/Dec 2005

Rediscovering Pathways to Compassionate Care
Jan/Feb 2006

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