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Resources for Reduction: Interventions

Child Welfare League of America

• Behavior Support and Intervention

Maryland Youth Practice Improvement Committee

The Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration (MMHA) will implement a two-pronged infrastructure development approach aimed at creating alternatives to the use of seclusion and restraint in the state-operated psychiatric facility system. Along with the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Core Interventions, MMHA will also implement the Maryland Youth Practice Improvement Committee's (MYPIC) Staff Guide and Training Curriculum for the reduction of seclusion and restraint.

• dosReis, S., Barnett, S.R., & Riddle, M.A. (2003). Maryland Youth Practice Improvement Committee: A guide for managing acute aggressive behavior of youths in residential and inpatient treatment facilities. Psychiatric Services, 54 (10), 1357-1363.



• Barnett, S.R., dosReis, S., Riddle, M.A. (2002). Improving the management of acute aggression in state residential and inpatient psychiatric facilities for youths. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 41(8), 897-905.

Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy National Research and Training Center (NRTC)

Crisis De-Escalation Training for Staff and Consumers in Inpatient and Other Service Delivery Settings

• Toolkit for Increasing Self-Determination Through Advance Crisis Management in Inpatient & Community Settings (Manual and Video) Jonikas, J.A., Laris, A., Cook, J.A. (2002)



• A Program to Reduce Utilization of Physical Restraint in Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities



• Jonikas, J.A., Cook, J.A., Rosen, C., Laris, A., Kim, J.B. (2004). Psychiatric Services,55 (7), 818-820.

To access these resources, go to the Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy publications page.