Table 5.
Most commonly used interventions in the management of violence
| Physical Restraint | 943 | 17% |
| Seclusion | 817 | 15% |
| Administering medications | 795 | 14% |
| Talk therapy | 609 | 11% |
| De-escalation | 393 | 7% |
| Ensuring a safe environment | 239 | 4% |
| Directing patients and care planning | 227 | 4% |
| Observing behavior | 191 | 3% |
| Risk Assessment | 185 | 3% |
| Communications | 182 | 3% |
| Diversional therapy | 176 | 3% |
| Police Interventions | 96 | 2% |
| Making agreement on patient violence | 91 | 2% |
| Team work | 86 | 2% |
| Other: Activate alarms; Discharge patients; ECT; More than 2 staff interventions, Security staff | 390 | 7% |
| Non Category/unclear | 176 | 3% |