Restraint, seclusion, and clozapine.

摘要: BACKGROUND The effects of clozapine, an unconventional neuroleptic drug, on the use restraint and seclusion in patients have not been extensively reported United States. METHOD records 107 receiving clozapine Missouri state mental hospitals were reviewed over a 13-month period for frequency duration seclusion. RESULTS During treatment, had fewer episodes than previously. restraints seclusions also decreased, starting second month after initiation treatment. CONCLUSION For who restrained or secluded before decrease number was dramatic.