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The Role of Psychiatrists in Seclusion and Restraint Episodes: a Curriculum for Psychiatric Trainees

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  1. Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Jessica Soto

  2. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Thomas O. Mitchell & Hun Millard

  3. College of Health Professions Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Kim J. Masters

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Soto, J., Mitchell, T.O., Masters, K.J. et al. The Role of Psychiatrists in Seclusion and Restraint Episodes: a Curriculum for Psychiatric Trainees. Acad Psychiatry 47, 676–679 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01767-9

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