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Editorial
. 2020 Nov 23;9(11):3774.
doi: 10.3390/jcm9113774.

Overcoming the Use of Mechanical Restraints in Psychiatry: A New Challenge in the Everyday Clinical Practice at the Time of COVID-19

Domenico De Berardis  1   2 , Antonio Ventriglio  3 , Michele Fornaro  4 , Federica Vellante  2 , Giovanni Martinotti  2 , Silvia Fraticelli  2 , Massimo Di Giannantonio  2
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Editorial

Overcoming the Use of Mechanical Restraints in Psychiatry: A New Challenge in the Everyday Clinical Practice at the Time of COVID-19

Domenico De Berardis et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Restraining interventions, which comprise physical (PR) and mechanical restraint (MR), have a long history in mental health services [...].

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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