chemical restraint
Drug-induced compliance
Chemical restraint is the use of medication to control a person's behavior or restrict their movement, typically in medical, psychiatric, or custodial settings.
Unlike physical restraints that bind the body, chemical restraints sedate or tranquilize.
The practice is controversial when used for institutional convenience rather than patient welfare: The nursing home was cited for excessive use of chemical restraints on dementia patients.
Drugs treating severe mental disorders
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- haloperidolDopamine-blocking psychiatric medication
- lorazepamAnti-anxiety sedative medication
- diazepamAnti-anxiety benzodiazepine
ketamine · chlorpromazine · intramuscular · injection · dosing · pharmacology · psychotropic · neuroleptic
Permission given with understanding
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- dignityInnate personal worth
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- beneficenceActive desire to help
capacity · decision-making · paternalism · bodily integrity · proportionality · last resort · necessity · human rights
Inducing artificial calm
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- narcosisDrug-induced insensibility
unconsciousness · immobilization · incapacitation · snow · knocked out · zonked · oversedation
Adopted principle of action
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
accreditation · standards of care · legislation · Mental Health Act · de-escalation · alternatives · training · debriefing
Hospital mental health section
- emergency departmentAcute care facility
- nursing homeLong-term eldercare residence
- long-term careOngoing assistance for disabilities
- dementia careAssistance for cognitive deterioration
correctional facility · immigration detention · group home · intensive care · seclusion room · geriatric care · disability services · residential facility
antipsychotics
Drugs treating severe mental disorders
- benzodiazepinesSedative-hypnotic drug class
- haloperidolDopamine-blocking psychiatric medication
- lorazepamAnti-anxiety sedative medication
diazepam · ketamine · chlorpromazine · intramuscular · injection · dosing · pharmacology · psychotropic · neuroleptic · tranquilizer
informed consent
Permission given with understanding
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- dignityInnate personal worth
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
beneficence · capacity · decision-making · paternalism · bodily integrity · proportionality · last resort · necessity · human rights · patient rights
tranquilization
Inducing artificial calm
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- stuporSuspended sensibility
narcosis · unconsciousness · immobilization · incapacitation · snow · knocked out · zonked · oversedation
policy
Adopted principle of action
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
monitoring · accreditation · standards of care · legislation · Mental Health Act · de-escalation · alternatives · training · debriefing · review
psychiatric ward
Hospital mental health section
- emergency departmentAcute care facility
- nursing homeLong-term eldercare residence
- long-term careOngoing assistance for disabilities
dementia care · correctional facility · immigration detention · group home · intensive care · seclusion room · geriatric care · disability services · residential facility
- sedationsedation, sedative, conscious sedation, deep sedation, light sedation
- Psychiatry Critiqueanti-psychiatry, overmedicating, overdiagnosis, involuntary treatment, involuntary commitment
- restraintshandcuffs, shackles, chains, ropes, cuffs
chemical restrainthandcuffs
Locking wrist restraints
seclusion · straitjacket · straps · locked room · straightjacket
chemical restraintfreedom of movement
Liberty to travel unimpeded
unrestrained · bodily autonomy · autonomy · self-determination · unrestricted
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