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Chapter 14 - De-escalation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

By
Roland Dix  and
Mathew Page
Edited by
Roland Dix ,
Stephen Dye  and
Stephen M. Pereira
Roland Dix
Affiliation:
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester
Stephen Dye
Affiliation:
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Ipswich
Stephen M. Pereira
Affiliation:
Keats House, London
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Summary

De-escalation is a term that is often used by psychiatric professionals yet if they asked for a definition of it, there would be differing responses. This chapter outlines not only a definition but the essential elements within its practice and how de-escalation fits into the spectrum of management of challenging and disturbed behaviour.

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de-escalationchallenging behaviourdisturbed behaviourpsychiatry
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Psychiatric Intensive Care , pp. 178 - 186
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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