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A retrospective study of the effect of the implementation of an unlocked seclusion policy was conducted on three child psychiatric inpatient units in a state hospital in Pennsylvania. Unlocked seclusion was associated with 1) increased use of tranquilizing medications administered as needed on all three units, 2) increased clustering of medications, administered as needed, in the units that used seclusion most, 3) diverse changes in the three units regarding frequency and clustering of unlocked seclusion, and 4) increased correlations between medications administered as needed and seclusion, particularly in the more behaviorally disturbed children. These findings suggest that locked seclusion may be a necessary therapeutic intervention, particularly with severely disturbed children with serious conduct and impulsive disorders.
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