SAMHSA Alternatives to Restraint and Seclusion Web site

Part I: Print version only
NASMHPD Medical Directors Council. (March 1999). Reducing the use of seclusion and restraint: findings, strategies, and recommendations (Technical Assistance Report). Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. (Contact NASMHPD at 703-739-9333).
Part II: Finding, Principles, and Recommendations for Special Needs Populations
Part III: Lessons from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

Part IV: Unavailable at this time

PowerPoint Presentations:

Design of the Seclusion and Restraint Study and the National Registry of Evidenced-Based Programs and Practices

National Executive Training Institute: Creating Violence Free and Coercion Free Mental Health Treatment Environments for the Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint

Reducing the Use of Seclusion and Restraint: A National Initiative Toward Culture Change and Transformation

Other Publications from NTAC on Seclusion and Restraint Reduction

The Evaluation Center@HSRI: Evaluation FastFacts

The Damaging Consequences of Violence and Trauma: Facts, Discussion Points and Recommendations for the Behavioral Health System. Anne Jennings. (2002) Pgs. 17-20 Seclusion and Restraint

NASMHPD Medical Directors Council, (2000); and National Executive Training Institute (NETI). (2003, July). Training curriculum for the reduction of seclusion and restraint. Alexandria, VA: National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC), National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD).

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Position Statement on Seclusion and Restraint (1999)

Monitoring Injury Rates in S/R Reduction Projects. Kevin Huckshorn (2005).