Aversiveness of traditional psychiatric patient restriction.

This article is a literature review of traditional psychiatric patient restriction and the consequential harm that the patient experiences. Though the obtainment of theoretical objectives and short-term overt behavioral results appear to be gained through psychiatric constraint measures, injurious effects to the patient have been recorded with resultant impediment to the restoration of psychological health. This article asserts the necessity for the use of alternative measures, which have been shown to be successful in restoring control while maintaining and promoting the dignity and psychological health of the patient.