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Article: Scientists at King's College London, King's College London target mental health.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Fresh data on mental health are presented in the report 'An audit of the use of breakaway techniques in a large psychiatric hospital: a replication study.' "This paper describes an audit study of the effectiveness of breakaway training conducted in a specialist inpatient mental health hospital. Breakaway techniques comprise a set of physical skills to help separate or break away from an aggressor in a safe manner, but do not involve the use of restraint," researchers in the United Kingdom report (see also Mental Health).
"Staff (n=147) were assessed on their ability to break away from simulations of potentially life-threatening scenarios in a timely manner, and ...
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