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A Chronicle of Seclusion and Restraint in an Intermediate-term Care Facility
Article from Adolescent Psychiatry (2003)

CMS Web cast on Seclusion & Restraint in Juvenile Facilities

Moving from Coercion to Collaboration in Mental Health Services Restraint and Seclusion of Children and Adolescents: Developmental Issues

NAMI Issue Spotlight on Restraint and Seclusion

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Position Statement on Seclusion and Restraint

Restraint Rules for Children’s Psychiatric Residential Treatment Centers
From the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

SAMHSA’s Report on Seclusion and Restraint
Summary Report – A National Call to Action:

NMHA Position Statement: The Use of Restraining Techniques and Seclusion
for Persons with Mental or Emotional Disorders

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration

Massachusetts Restraint/Seclusion Reduction Initiative (RSRI)

Oregon Children’s Mental Health System Change Initiative

Pennsylvania Seclusion and Restraints Reduction Initiative

American Psychiatric Association: Behavioral Health Groups Publish “Learning From Each Other: Success Stories and Ideas for Reducing Restraint/Seclusion in Behavioral Health”

Sanctuary Model for Organizational Change

 
A Poem for Recovery:
There’s A Hole in My Sidewalk

I walk, down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost…
I am hopeless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in the same place.
But it isn’t my fault.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in; it’s a habit.
My eyes are open
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

I walk down another street.

-- Portia Nelson
There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk